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Read More »Kodiak tribal groups take stock of popular subsistence resource
Crew digs for clams on Mission beach. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak tribal organizations are looking at how many clams are nestled in local beaches. Shellfish are a popular subsistence food on the island, and the Sun’aq Tribe, the Sitka Tribe of Alaska, and the Kodiak Area Native Association are surveying the density of the local …
Read More »Researchers Developing Cheaper, Faster Monitoring Method for PSP
Kayla Desroches/KMXT Researchers are developing a field test kit that would make it easier to monitor for paralytic shellfish poisoning. Project partners include NOAA researchers from the lower 48 as well as community testers based on Kodiak Island and in the Alaska Peninsula. Despite the high level of toxicity found in shellfish in the Kodiak Archipelago, people still harvest them. …
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