Tag Archives: Alaska Fisheries Report

Alaska Fisheries Report May 5, 2022

On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: A conversation with Arron Kallenberg about the Wild Alaskan Company’s million dollar donation to the Alaska Food Bank, plus Maggie Nelson reports on a groundbreaking mariculture bill in the state legislature.   MARICULTURE BILL                       MAY 2022                  MAGGIE NELSON/KUCB   An Alaska mariculture bill that would allow shellfish to be farmed …

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Alaska Fisheries Report April 21, 2022

On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Angela Denning’s wide awake story about sleep research for fishermen, and Maggie Nelson’s catch of the day, regarding Unalaska fishermen taking local youths out on the water. Unalaska fisherman takes students cod fishing. MAGGIE NELSON/KUCB   Unalaska is the number one fishing port in the nation by volume. But most of …

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Alaska Fisheries Report April 14, 2022

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Robert Woolsey’s story on hatchery chums, Joe Viechnicki’s on the record herring catch in Sitka Sound, Clair Stremple’s piece on the Mariculture conference in Juneau, and Kirsten Dobroth on a tiny maritime art display. CHUM RULE             ROBERT WOOLSEY   After a challenging year in 2020, chum salmon returned to …

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Alaska Fisheries Report March 31, 2022

On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: The Board of Fish bans sockeye spearfishing in Sitka. Homer fisherman Michael Heimbuch is the Governor’s new nominee to the Board of Fish. And a fisherman competition caps Comfish. NO SPEAR            3-29-22                     ROBERT WOOLSEY     A subsistence fishing method that has become more popular with sockeye harvesters in Sitka in …

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Alaska Fisheries Report March 17, 2022

On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Marine biologist Tamsen Peeples talks about the challenges and potential rewards of the emerging kelp farming industry:   Tamsen will be presenting on the subject at next week’s Comfish Alaska on Saturday March 26, at 10 am at the Best Western Inn in Kodiak.   Kelp Farming   Marine biologist Tamsen …

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Alaska Fisheries Report February 24, 2022

On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Kirsten Dobroth goes off about House hearings on fed fish Ds, Hope McKenney gets spinny on the skinny about rare whales at sea, And Sage Smiley was wily in stalking her story on the Bycatch T: FisheriesHearing Kirsten Dobroth/KMXT Host intro: House lawmakers in Juneau gathered Tuesday for a special meeting …

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Alaska Fisheries Report February 17, 2022

On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Managers consider controversial changes in how halibut is allocated between charter and harvest fishermen. Pelican is selling its City owned processing plant. And another weak forecast for the sockeye salmon run in Upper Cook Inlet. Halibut Sabine Poux/KDLL Federal fishery managers might change how they divvy up halibut available for harvest …

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