This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KCAW’s Katherine Rose takes us on a tour of the Japanese herring scene, Jack Darrell reports that Silver Bay Seafoods will be acquiring Trident’s Ketchikan plant, and a Shelby Herbert dispatch tells of Trident’s sale of its Petersburg properties to E.C. Phillips & Son. Sushi chef Kodai Sanada prepares omakase …
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Representative Mary Peltola sat down with KYUK’s Sage Smiley to discuss infrastructure, fish, and why she’s running for re-election. Senator Murkowski’s new Chief of Staff is a familiar face. And it’s more and more difficult for Alaska prisoners to win discretionary parole. Sage Smiley/KYUKRep. Mary Peltola at a campaign event in Bethel, …
Read More »Midday Report – March 19, 2024
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Dozens of Juneau educators and residents flooded the Alaska Capitol yesterday to support an override to Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of millions in state education funding. The override fell one vote short. And Alaska has submitted to the federal government a first-of-its-kind plan to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions that drive global …
Read More »Midday Report – March 18, 2024
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Buddy Streeper won his tenth Open North American Championship sled dog race in Fairbanks yesterday. The Alaska Legislature plans to vote this afternoon on whether to override Governor Dunleavy’s veto of a bill to boost state funding for public schools. And Friday was the final day of the Arctic Winter Games. The …
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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Governor Dunleavy has vetoed the Legislature’s school funding bill. Humpback whales are struggling after showing signs of recovery. And Sitka’s land trust has been awarded a federal grant to build housing. Courtesy J. Moore – HIHWNMS/ NOAA Permit # 15240
Read More »Alaska Fisheries Report 14 March 2024
This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Boat wiring, with Art Schultz, plus in another blast from the past Dylan Simard reports on the suicide half dollar powered by saxitoxin. Saxitoxin dipped suicide silver dollar.
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This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Brian Venua reports on cuts to the halibut quota, plus an evergreen piece on deadly algal blooms. A red tide off the coast of California. Algal blooms are especially common during the summer months, and are the cause of the state’s annual mussel quarantine. (Peter Franks/Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
Read More »Midday Report – March 05, 2024
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race contender Dallas Seavey shot and killed a moose early Monday about 100 miles into the 1,000-mile race, according to Iditarod officials. Alaska Republicans can vote Tuesday for a presidential nominee in the party-run poll. And Elizabeth Peratrovich was honored in Wrangell. Dallas Seavey runs with Whopper toward …
Read More »Midday Report – March 04, 2024
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The 2024 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race kicked off at the race’s ceremonial start in Anchorage on Saturday, A remote Kenai Peninsula village is running out of time to to use grant money to replace its dilapidated school. And difficulties with financing and logistics have led to the end of the Makushin …
Read More »Midday Report – March 01, 2024
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s biggest regional airline has laid off 130 of its 400-plus employees. A bill working its way through the state House could have big implications for reproductive rights. And Anchorage’s historic city hall will become a new downtown public library. A Ravn Alaska airplane at Unalaska’s Tom Madsen Airport in 2022. (Theo Greenly/KUCB) …
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