Tag Archives: Chignik

On This Week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Big Fines Over a Tiny Railroad, Fisherman Nominated to Board of Fish, Chignik Struggles with Poor Runs Big Fines for Pollock Producer-    Nat Herz A high-seas legal fight is causing havoc for one of Alaska’s biggest commercial fisheries, the pollock  harvest out of Dutch Harbor. The quickly escalating saga involves hundreds …

The state Board of Fisheries is convening in Kodiak this weekend for the next Kodiak Finfish Meeting. After pushing to keep the regulatory meeting in Kodiak, instead of Anchorage, Kodiak salmon fishermen are organizing to oppose a number of proposals that they say will harm the local economy. The seiner Jaime Marie sails past other fishing vessels at City Pier …

Southwest Alaska felt four earthquakes over the last two days, according to the U.S. Tsuami Warning Center. The first one hit 50 miles west of Homer around noon yesterday. Early this morning, two more struck along the Aleutian chain, one off Amchitka and another off Chignik. Then at around 6 am this morning, a fourth earthquake hit the Gulf 160 …

  Statewide, salmon fishermen are pushing the 100-million mark, half of those fish come from Bristol Bay. We have a report of catches and prices. What happens when the salmon don’t show up? The residents of Chignik on the Alaska Peninsula are suffering the second year of no fish. We look at how a fish-dependent community copes with the loss. …

  First a roundup of fisheries around the state. Last year was the worst commercial sockeye season in Chignik since statehood. And a slow start this year is making people concerned about this summer’s return. Meanwhile, in Southeast, Haines gillnetters are prepping for the June 16th king salmon opener. A big change this year are stricter regulations and a smaller …

Sockeye in stream. (Photo by Watershed_Watch / flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Concern about the poor escapement for sockeye salmon in the Chignik area has led regional groups to seek emergency measures, but some Kodiak stakeholders are worried about what that could mean for the Kodiak management area. According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, early-run sockeye salmon escapement at …

Eelgrass. (Photo byEric Heupel / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Near shore salmon habitat in Chignik, southwest of Kodiak on the Alaska Peninsula, is slowly disappearing. One researcher out of Seattle, Washington looked into why. Alaska Fisheries Science Center biologist Mark Zimmermann was studying maps of ocean depth from the 1920s and 1990s and noticed a big difference along the coastline. “In …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Coming up on this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report, members of the International Pacific Halibut Commission couldn’t come to an agreement on catch limits for 2018. Now, they’re looking at establishing an interim plan to bridge their differences, at least for a few years. Then, a research biologist with the National Marine Fisheries Service looks at shallowing of the …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The shortage of king salmon this summer is forcing the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to enact more restrictions on their catch in various parts of the state. Effective Sunday the Chignik River drainage sport fishery for kings 20 inches and greater is restricted to catch-and-release only and the use of bait is prohibited. The king salmon …