Programs

Beyond the Cover Feature: Sandor Katz, fermentation revivalist and author of The Art of Fermentation (2012) & Wild Fermentation (2003).  Sandor speaks about his upcoming talk/workshop at the Kodiak Public Library on July 31, focusing on the importance of fermented foods in our diet and in our culture.  Sandor explains exactly what fermentation is, how many different types of fermented foods we …

Coming Up this week, PSP is found in commercial shellfish beds in Kachemak Bay, a fisherman is going to prison for the death of one of his divers, and soon there’ll be enough crawdaddies to have a beach party. A sad, sad invasive species beach party. We had help from KBBI’s Quinton Chandler in Homer, The Deckboss Blog, KMXT’s Kayla …

Coming up this week, the state’s commercial fisheries director is retiring, what happens when scientists let a journalist run the sonar, and that is one big fish. We had help from KDLG’s Hannah Colton in Dillingham, KDLL’s Jenny Neyman in Kenai, and KTOO’s Matt Miller in Juneau. 

Host Kayla Desroches talks with members of the Kodiak Fisheries Work Group about the island’s involvment in bycatch management.

Coming up this week, as the salmon season wraps up, humpy catches break records in the Central Gulf, the coho run on the Yukon was gangbusters, too, and tracking king salmon in the murky Kenai River – part one. We had help from KCHU’s Marcia Lynn in Valdez, KDLL’s Jenny Neyman in Kenai and KIYU’s Tim Bodony in Galena. 

Coming up this week, our President visited the home of sockeye – and of your host – this week; a water problem hampered coho processing in Unalakleet, and we meet another unsung cannery worker in Petersburg, all coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help this week from KDLG’s Dave Bendinger in Dillingham, KNOM’s Emily Russell in Nome, …

Host Kayla Desroches talks about the fire in Chiniak with Jim Schwarber, Alaska Division of Forestry fire information officer, Aimée Kniaziowski, Kodiak emergency services director, and Kathryn Hollis-Buchanan, who’s with the Kodiak office of the Red Cross. They update listeners on the Twin Creeks fire, examine the information they now have about the night it started, and think about how …

Coming up this week, the farthest north salmon fishery is another success, lots of kings made it all the way to Canada this year, and lots of pinks in Kodiak, not so much in Southeast. All that and remembering Don McManman, editor emeritus of Pacific Fishing Magazine, coming up, on the Alaska Fisheries Report. Thanks to Kayla Desroches for sitting …

Host Kayla Desroches talks about the upcoming Kodiak rodeo and fair with organizer Jesse Bedia. This year, Bedia says the event will offer everything from chili and freshly baked goods to the classic redeo fare.

Coming up this week, it’s man – and woman – against fish in Juneau’s Golden North Salmon Derby. This year’s winner tells the tale and shares her good luck charm. Then, the National Marine Fisheries Service is looking for two new comissioners, and we meet a cannery worker in Petersburg whose heart belongs to Texas. That and more coming up …