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Coming up this week, the Marine Stewardship Council is optimistic the big salmon packers will be welcomed back into the fold, but will it be in time for this year’s catch to be certified? A ship most fishermen never wanted to see will soon be going to the bottom itself, and good news: there was crab at Crab Fest this …

Coming up this week, a look at salmon fry heading out to sea, learning where salmon come from by looking in their ears, and Petersburg’s new dock gets dedicated. We had help from KFSK’s Joe Viechnicki in Petersburg, KTOO’s Matt Miller in Juneau and KDLG’s Hanna Colton in Dillingham.  

Today on Talk of the Rock, Host Kayla Desroches talks with Stephanie DeLaGarza about Crab Fest. DeLaGarza works with the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce and has been integral in organizing the famous Kodiak festival. They’ll chat about rides, food, and the list of activities on the schedule.

Coming up this week, summer salmon fishing gears up with Copper River’s first opening; cannery bosses in Unalaska are handling the state’s new, higher minimum wage by raising the rent they charge folks who come up and stay in their bunkhouses; and we get get a preview of the Yukon salmon season. We had help from KCHU’s Marcia Lynn reporting …

On Talk of the Rock today, the Baranof Museum’s Anjuli Grantham tells us about the multi-media project she’s spearheading about the history of Kodiak Island’s West Side. She’s joined by her collaborators, Toby Sullivan, Brianna Petersen, and Tiffany Brunson.

Coming up this week, there’s a new CEO for Icicle Seafoods, but is he there just to oversee its break up or sale? Don Young says he wants to keep legal beagles out of fisheries, and it’s blessing of the fleet time in Juneau. All that, and they used to blow up fish in the name of science! We had …

A bell was cast for the Russian Orthodox Church in Kodiak in 1796 and discovered in an orange grove in California over 130 years later. In 2013, a Russian bell was brought to Kodiak from California, but it wasn’t the same bell. In this episode, a Russian bell expert, Father Innocent Dresdow, and others discuss the history of Russian bells, …

Coming up this week, Togiak herring opened up this week, direct marketing of salmon is getting a boost, and the delegation from the state’s largest fishing port decline to sign a letter asking for a huge cut in bycatch. We had help from KDLG’s Dave Bendinger in Dillingham, KCAW’s Robert Woolsey in Sitka, KMXT’s Kayla Desroches in Kodiak, and KBBI’s …

  Coming up this week, will fisheries be affected if the humpback whale is removed from the endangered species list? There’s a big forecast for Togiak herring, but with the world glut and low prices, will anybody show up to catch them? All that, and quit complaining, that’s the smell of money! We had help from KMXT’s Kayla Desroches in …

Coming up this week, the big salmon packers announce they want to rejoin the Marine Stewardship Council’s sustainability certification program, the North Pacific Council hands down some steep cuts on Chinook bycatch and sablefishermen in the Gulf will have a smaller catch this season. All that and more, coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help from KDLG’s …