Tag Archives: Alaska Fisheries Report

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Coming up on this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report, a Yale student is looking into whether or not jellyfish affect Bering Sea fisheries. Also, Alaska Fish Radio’s Laine Welch sits down with the Alaska Fisheries Report to catch up on the 2016 Gulf of Alaska pink salmon fishery disaster declaration and talk about Atlantic halibut, among other things. We …

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 …

Coming up on this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report, electronic monitoring is in its first official year as an option for fixed gear fishing vessels in the North Pacific Observer Program. But it has a lot of room to grow. Also, King salmon are getting smaller along the West Coast. A recent study looks at why. We had help from KBBI’s …

Coming up on this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report, the decision about Pacific halibut quota is focused in D.C. right now. There’s still a lot for regulators to work out before the halibut season opens at the end of March. Also, the cut to Pacific cod quota this year has been rough for many fishermen. KMXT chatted with one vessel owner …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Coming up on this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report, Alaska will receive recovery funds for the 2016 pink salmon season in the Gulf, but there are still a lot of unknowns surrounding their distribution. Also, Kodiak is losing its fisheries analyst. At least temporarily. We had help from KRBD’s Maria Dudzak, KTOO’s Jacob Resneck, and the Northwest News Network’s …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Coming up on this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report, the Stand for Salmon initiative aims to protect salmon habitats from industry development, but industry professionals are concerned the regulations are too stringent. Also, climate change’s ripple effects are making themselves evident on land, too. Economists are trying to determine the damage to coastal communities when fish just don’t show …

Coming up on this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report, Southeast lawmakers have an eye on fisheries. They’re concerned about funding for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in the face of major budget cuts. Also, fish in the Bering Sea aren’t competing against invasive species for resources – yet. But scientists are trying to figure out what areas might be …

Coming up this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report, the United States and Canada failed to agree on catch reductions for halibut along the Pacific coast at the International Pacific Halibut Commission meeting last week. Instead, commission regulations from last year will remain in place. Also, the Kodiak area opened for tanner crab for the first time since 2013, and it closed …

Coming up this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report, the tanner crab fishery opened in the Kodiak management area for the first time since 2013. Fishermen geared up to try their luck last week. Also, the International Pacific Halibut Commission is meeting in Portland. IPHC is looking at the total allowable catch for halibut along the West Coast, and that’s likely to …

On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report, fishermen in Homer are losing a longtime local fish buyer and processor. The Auction Block is trying to sell its business, but money it owes to the City of Homer could be holding it back. Also, with Pacific cod and halibut stocks on the decline, some fishermen in Kodiak are looking for alternative winter …