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Harbor in downtown Kodiak. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak’s harbormaster is retiring. The city acknowledged harbormaster Lon White at its recent regular meeting. According to the city manager, White has worked at the harbor in various capacities for 36 years and began as harbor officer. He took over as harbormaster in 2014. The city manager says …

St. Paul harbor. (Photo by Raymond Bucko, SJ / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The City of Kodiak is carving out what harvester-to-consumer sale might look like within city limits. Right now, city code prohibits fishermen from selling their catch directly from the harbor. After some prompting from the community, staff is working on changing that. At a city council work session …

Stacked fish crates. (Photo by Fiona Baxter / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Vessel owners will soon be able to hoist their catches with a public crane downtown. Harbormaster Lon White spoke with the Kodiak Fisheries Work Group Wednesday at its monthly meeting. He said the public crane will be the first he’s seen in the city during his 36 years in …

Lon White prepares to water a plant inside his nursery, Strawberry Fields. Kayla Desroches / KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT Summer is fast approaching, which means Kodiak gardeners are looking forward to crops of kale and other hardy greens – but also fruit. The last few years of warm weather means that more apples and even pears have popped up around town. …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Staff at the Kodiak Harbormaster’s Office is still trying to implement a harbor rate increase. City Finance Director Kelly Mayes and Harbormaster Lon White made a presentation to the Kodiak City Council at its work session Tuesday. Mayes went over a few different projected options for rate increases, which they had developed after a prior meeting. “So, then …