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Coming up this week, there’s controversy over releasing hatchery chums in Southeast, the Kodiak Maritime Museum starts the groundwork – literally – on its new display, and the lamprey fishery on the Yukon is a nice payday before the holidays. All that, and the dangers of fishing with explosives, coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help from …

On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches speaks with Toby Sullivan from the Kodiak Maritime Museum and City Mayor Pat Branson about the upcoming Harbor Lights Festival. They also discuss the downtown revitalization project and a newly refurbished historic boat.

  Bud Lather recalls seeing Shark Cove, his family’s Uganik setnet site, for the first time.

  Christy Allen speaks about growing up at Port O’Brien, the Uganik cannery at which her father was superintendent.

  Deedie Pearson describes fishing for and salting salmon in Uganik Bay in the 1940s.

Judge Roy Madsen tells the story of when his father trapped a live bear in Mush Bay in the 1930s.

  Pam and David Pingree of Quartz Creek Lodge in Uganik Bay speak about their first introduction to the west side and transitioning to being year-round bush residents.

  Beyond the Cover Feature: Local Kodiak Author Stacy Studebaker. Stacy has worked in the school district teaching Science for 20 years. She is a founding member of the Audobon Society, and won the 2011 Celia Hunter Award by the Alaska Conservation Foundation for a lifetime of conservation work. She founded Sense of Place Press and has published 3 books, …

Coming up this week, the Alaska Board of Fisheries says no thank you to stacking Bristol Bay permits, the only guy who seemed to know what was going on sometimes is retiring, and creating a new dog treat from what McDonald’s doesn’t put in its Fillet-o-Fish sandwiches, plus more, all coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help …

On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches speaks with the team behind the upcoming Fairwind Players radio theater performance, “The Mermaid of Hanin Rocks.” You’ll hear from writer Andy Ozols, director Pat Szabo, and Fairwind Players member Pam Foreman.