Tag Archives: AFR

On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report, the China tariffs on Alaska seafood is definitely bad news for the industry, though there appears to be a bright spot for reprocessed fish. Some good news, after a long wait, federal disaster relief for the 2016 pink salmon season is finally allocated. Also, Sitka salmon fishermen voice concerns about the Pacific Salmon Treaty. …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Coming up on this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report, KMXT talks with Governor Bill Walker about fisheries in the state. Also, a group is fundraising to fight a ballot initiative which seeks to make salmon habitat protections more stringent. We had help from KMXT’s Mitch Borden and the Alaska Energy Desk’s Elizabeth Harball.

Kayla Desroches/KMXT On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report, the governor and lieutenant governor sent a letter to the federal government asking for a fisheries disaster declaration for the 2018 Pacific cod fishery in the Gulf of Alaska. Also, in Kodiak area state waters, big boats are capped off at 50 percent of the pot cod allocation, leaving the smaller boats …

On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report, a Washington-state based catcher/processor is trying to fight back against a 24-year-old landing tax. It’s a tax that helps keep a lot of fishing communities in the state going. In the case of one city, it makes up roughly 15 percent of the municipality’s revenue. Also, the forecast for king salmon runs in Southeast …

Coming up this week, halibut sizes appear to be shrinking and the International Pacific Halibut Commission is considering a change to the minimum size limit for commercial fisheries. Also, we take a look at salmon numbers across the state. We had help from KBBI’s Aaron Bolton in Homer and the Alaska Energy Desk’s Zoe Sobel in Unalaska.

Coming up this week on the Alaska Fisheries Report, Kodiak’s cod season could have been better. One of the challenges fishermen faced was a shrinking cod population. Also, Bristol Bay sees another drop in the total allowable catch for red king crab, tanner crab, and snow crab in the 2017 – 2018 season. We had help from KDLG’s Dave Bendinger …

Coming up this week on the Alaska Fisheries report, Bristol Bay’s Nushagak King run wasn’t quite as poor as on one sonar site determined. The inaccuracy may have been partly due to a design flaw. And, Kodiak is preparing to fight back against what it sees as a major threat to its commercial salmon fishery. We had help from KDLG’s …

The financial failure of the fishing processor Akutan prevented it from going to Kuskokwim Bay this summer. That left some fishermen in the lurch. Also, a group of people and organizations in Bristol Bay holds an annual fly fishing guide academy for local youth. We had help from KYUK’s Teresa Cotsirilos in Bethel, the Alaska Energy Desk’s Elizabeth Jenkins in …

Coming up this week, the salmon season continues on its bumpy way. In the Chignik fishing district, the sockeye run is behind the forecast and the king run is so poor that that the federal government is cutting off both sport and subsistence fishing in the area. And a shortage of salmon is taking its toll on a Chilkat river …

On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report, anywhere from 30 to 50 vessels hunted a whale on the Kuskokwim River. But the animal turned out to be a grey whale, a species protected under federal law. And, over in Dillingham, a commercial fishing group harvested a beluga whale and shared it with the community. Also, partners in Ketchikan are working to …