Tag Archives: Fisheries

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KMXT’s Kirsten Dobroth reports on the snow crab closure, KDLL’s Riley Board on the fish that makes fat bears fat, and a story from her colleague Sabine Poux on Cook Inlet closures ordered back open. The Silver Spray  

House lawmakers in Juneau gathered this week for a special meeting on the latest fishery disasters issued by the federal government last month. Fourteen fisheries across Alaska were approved as disasters between the years 2018 and 2021 by the federal Commerce Department last month — including the Gulf of Alaska’s cod fishery in 2020. That’s a lot, Alaska Department of …

On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Scientists talk about the challenges and rewards of collaborating on the Ecosystem Status Report. Challenges and Rewards of Ecosystem Management Alaska’s fisheries managers are transitioning to ecosystem management. Rather than manage each species in a scientific vacuum, the idea is to manage them in the context of the whole ecosystem. This …

Kodiak’s pollock fishery opens to trawlers Thursday, Jan. 20; although, the 45 or so vessels from Kodiak’s fleet won’t be heading out until February 4. That’s to limit bycatch and hold out for better fishing conditions, according to Julie Bonnie, the executive director of the Groundfish Data Bank – and there’s another reason.  “And then obviously COVID is always in …

On This Week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: The North Pacific Fisheries Management Council Changes Course on Comment

Click to Listen Board ‘O Fish Postpones, Trident’s Bubble Bursts, and Salmon vs Salmon

Opening ceremony at Relay for Life in 2017. (Photo by Sharon Clark) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Next month, Relay for Life kicks off its 24 hours of walking event to fundraise for cancer recovery. Local American Cancer Society organizer and sponsorship coordinator Sarah Nugent says Kodiak has been holding the event for over a decade. Nugent says Relay for Life is important …

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, we sit down with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to chat about salmon in the state, the sockeye run in Kodiak, and the world of fisheries at large.

Sockeye salmon schooling in Hidden Lake. (Photo by USFWS/Katrina Mueller) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The west side and south end of Kodiak Island opened to commercial sockeye salmon fishing Monday, but it looks like there might be less variety of certain fish ages. Alaska Department of Fish and Game Salmon biologist James Jackson says sockeye may spend a year to three years …

(Photo by Daysha Eaton/KMXT) Daysha Eaton/KMXT A delegation from China is scheduled to visit Kodiak Island in July. The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute will host the group, which plans to tour fish processing plants in Kodiak and Larsen Bay. The delegation will be in the United States from July 8-14, making stops in Seattle and Anchorage, but the majority of …