Tag Archives: Marysia Szymkowiak

Talk of the Rock: Fishing Families

A social scientist with NOAA recently held a workshop for fishing families in Kodiak. Marysia Szymkowiak is visiting communities to look at how fishing regulations and other factors have affected family-run fishing operations around the state. For this week’s Talk of the Rock, KMXT sits down with Szymkowiak to talk about her research.

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Fishing families address barriers to entry for next generation

Marysia Szymkowiak leads a workshop for fishing families at the convention center. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Fishermen talked about the current state of the fishing industry and the outlook for the next generation at a workshop last night. The event was part of research to look at how evolving regulations and environmental factors among others things …

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