The Alaska Fisheries Report from KMXT

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Happy New Year! This week we look back at two stories from the past year: Theo Greenly's about the scrum surrounding chum bycatch, produced at KUCB, plus Meg Duff's story for KDLG about the Supreme Court's decision to reverse the "Chevron deference." Photo: The Bering Sea pollock fleet has been at the center of the western Alaska salmon d...

This week on the Alaska Fisheires Report with Terry Haines: Davis Hovey of KMXT reports that the Governor plans to fund the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute next year, Brian Venua, also from KMXT, tells us that Trident's Kodiak plant has officially changed hands, Southeast crab fisheries open February 17th, according to Olivia Rose of KFSK, and Ashlyn O'Hara reports that Kenai has finally banked...

On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Double-duty Davis Hovey provides reports on meetings of the Alaska Seafood Task Force and Alaska Board of Fisheries from his base at KMXT, and KDLG's Margaret Sutherland tells of a settlement in a class-action lawsuit against two seafood processors over alleged wage violations. Photo: Troll caught chinook salmon. Matt Lichtenstein

On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KYUK's Margaret Sutherland reports that low prices put a damper on last year's Bristol Bay sockeye season, a new study looks at the size of chinook salmon, as reported by KYUK's Samantha Watson, and Davis Hovey of KMXT tells of an effort to encourage "ocean pastures."

On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Excerpts from conversations in Kodiak about climate change adaptation. Photo: Climate conversation participants. (Danielle Ringer)

On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: CoastAlaska's Angela Denning provides a statewide salmon rundown for the past season, plus KCAW's Robert Woolsey reports on surprising results from a prey survey for the Southern Resident killer whales. Photo: A young southern resident killer whale calf (J56) carrying a dead fish between her teeth while swimming next to her mother (J31) in...

On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Hunter Morrison tells of radio tagged coho for radio station KDLL, KDLG's Margaret Sutherland reports that Silver Bay will take over the former Peter Pan processing plants in Dillingham and Port Moller after all, and another strong sockeye run is in the forecast for Bristol Bay, according to the Alaska Beacon. Photo: Radio tags for a multi-...

On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Davis Hovey of KMXT reports of a Prince William Sound herring fishery, KUCB's Theo Greenly notes the retirement of the Executive Director of At Sea Processors, public radio KDLL's Ashlyn OHara tells us that the Board of Fisheries won't be meeting in Kenai after all, and Brian Venua, reporting for KMXT, visits the Kodiak dock where fresh kin...

On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Davis Hovey of KMXT tells of research being conducted in Kodiak that could help spur oyster farming, plus KRBD's Jack Darrell reports on a call to halt hooligan fishing in southern Southeast Alaska. Photo: Louie Wagner empties a net of hooligan into his boat on the Unuk River. (Jack Darrell/KRBD)

On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:KBBI's Jamie Diep reports that mariculturists are optimistic about the potential upsides of a new Alaska state law. And the economic ripple effects of the sudden closure of the Central Gulf of Alaska pollock fishery are explored by KMXT's Davis Hovey. Photo: Crew members shovel pollock onboard a trawler in 2019. Nat Herz/Alaska Public Media

On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Trident has sold its plant in Kodiak, the last one on its chopping block, , story from KMXT's Brian Venua, who also participates in a two way with KMXT's Davis Hovey discussing the recent fisheries debate among Alaska's Congressional candidates. And Simon Lopez adds a story about challenging times for fishermen on the southern Kenai Peninsu...

On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KUCB's Maggie Nelson reports that the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has given a green light to a snow crab season, and that Trident Seafoods is unlikely to process any of them in St. Paul. Also Katherine Rose finishes up her series of stories from Japan for KCAW with a look at the future of herring there.

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KMXT's Davis Hovey reports on the sudden closure of the Central Gulf pollock fishery, a story about Nikolski's salmon derby from KUCB's Sofia Stuart-Rasi, and from KNBA, Rhonda McBride tells of a lawsuit that seeks to change how the National Marine Fisheries Service manages Bering Sea pollock. Photo: Alaska pollock make up the nation’s to...

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KDLL's Ashlyn O'Hara reports on federal relief money that will finally get into the hands of Alaskan fishermen, KMXT's Brian Venua on Alaska's only crayfish derby, and Davis Hovey, also at KMXT, supplies a 2 way conversation with Nat Herz on a Peter Pan investor's successful bid for many of the troubled company's a...

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KRBD's Michael Fannelli reports on a kelp conference in Ketchikan, Alaska's Fish and Game supplies data and drama to the National Marine Fisheries Service, and Jack Darrell offers a sport report for Prince of Wales Island. Photo: Panelists discuss how to accelerate the U.S. seaweed industry for the Seagriculture conference hosted...

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Jamie Diep of KBBI reports that a namesake fish processor in Whittier has filed for bankruptcy. The book has been published containing the proposals to be considered by the Board of Fisheries in their next cycle. And KDLL's Hunter Morrison adds a story on the Kenai Silver Salmon Derby. Photo: Whittier Seafood's processing facility...

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KOTZ's Desiree Hagen reports on the shocking crash of Kotzebue Sound chum salmon, plus The Trouble with Marimo Balls. Photo: Marimo ball with zebra mussel visible. (Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife.)

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KMXT's Davis Hovey reports on a warmer future for arctic waters, Shelby Herbert of KFSK on a letter from the Petersburg Assembly objecting to labeling Gulf of Alaska king salmon as endangered, which also has the Kenai River Sportfishing Association riled up, according to KDLL's Ashlyn O'Hara. Photo: Alaska Department of Fish a...

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KFSK's Shelby Herbert reports on the lifting of a court order that would have halted the Southeast Alaska king salmon troll fishery, KRBD's Jack Darrell on the arrest of a Ketchikan man accused of stealing dungy gear, and Colette Czarnecki of KSTK tells us why a Southeast Alaska tribe wants to know how much fish Alaskans eat.

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KBBI's Jamie Diep reports about the underlying messaging at the recent Salmonfest, Jack Darrell's story for KRBD tells of millions of dollars in funding for the Metlakatla Tribe's hatchery, and OBI Seafoods in Petersburg has blown its fish whistle, according to KFSK's Olivia Schmidt. Photo: A worker blows OBI’s steam whist...

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Meg Duff reports on the implications of a recent Supreme Court decision on fisheries management for KDLG, plus Coast Alaska’s Angela Denning with a look at a study on Alaska’s pink salmon hatcheries.

 This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:  Shelby Herbert, of Public Radio KFSK, reports on Southeast Alaska salmon losing the endorsement of a Canadian conservation group, and fishermen are testing experimental gear that could allow east side Cook Inlet set net fishermen a chance to fish again, story by KDLL’s Meg Duff.

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: This week Meg Duff, reporter from KDLG, contributes two stories from Bristol Bay: the first about ever smaller fish, and the second an investigation of set net gear damaged by drift boats.

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Davis Hovey adds to an Alaska Beacon story about see-saw funding for the Alaska Seafood Marketing Association, sablefish have been shown to be a single genetic population, as told by KCAW's Meredith Redick, and State Troopers from around the state are patrolling Bristol Bay, story by KDLG's Meg Duff, who also reports the death of...

This week KYUK's Evan Erickson reports on a report from the federal General Accountability Office that is critical of both fisheries observer programs and bycatch monitoring, Colleen Love for KTNA on record low king salmon returns in Susitna Valley rivers, and another post from Evan Erickson about the final report from the Alaska Salmon Research Task Force.