The governor nominates a former aide to serve on the Board of Fish. He’s little known among commercial fishing folks, but his support of sport fishing over commercial interests in Cook Inlet has some fishermen nervous. We take a look at shrimp fishing in Southeast Alaska. A lack of data on smelt in the Kuskokwim River has many in Southwest …
Read More »The Alaska Fisheries Report 21 April 2016
Coming up this week, those sneaky herring showed up unexpectedly in Togiak on Sunday, taking everyone by surprise, the spring king season is underway in Southeast, and taking an overview of fisheries management classes on the road. We had help from KDLG’s Dave Bendinger in Dillingham, KCAW’s Brielle Schaeffer in Sitka, KUCB’s Greta Mart in Unalaska and KYUK’s Charles Enoch …
Read More »