This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

Davis Hovey and Brian Venua discuss the recent meeting of the United Fishermen of Alaska in Kodiak, Olivia Rose of KFSK reports on the first red king crab fishery in eight years in Southeast Alaska, and the sport fish survey is about to hit mailboxes.

Photo: Red king crab in a tote near Petersburg, September 2025. (Angela Denning/Coast Alaska)

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

Hunter Morrison reports on a kelp seed hatchery, Alena Naiden of KNBA about a push for co-management of subsistence resources at the Alaska Federation of Native Convention, and Fish and Game will not open tanner crab fishing in Kodiak, Chignik, and the Peninsula for 2026.

Photo: Young kelp plants grow inside water tanks at Premium Aquatics’ hatchery in Ketchikan. (Hunter Morrison/KRBD)

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

Davis Hovey reports that an advisory on shellfish around Kodiak has been lifted, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council got some work done at its latest meeting despite the federal shutdown, but according to the Alaska Beacon the shutdown is creating uncertainty for some major Alaska fisheries.

Photo: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council. (NPFMC)

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

The Petersburg Borough Assembly is calling for help controlling sea otters, story by KFSK's Taylor Heckert, Hunter Morrison of KRBD reports a Ketchikan man has pleaded guilty to charges of theft and illegal fishing, and Alaska Beacon's Yereth Rosen reports that things look rosier for Bering Sea crab stocks, for now.

Photo: Bristol Bay red king crab.

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

Alix Soliman of KTOO reports on the challenges and opportunities in Alaska oyster farming, KCAW's Hope McKenney on the economics of the Southeast Alaska fishing industry, and Brian Venua on the entanglement of the whales, from KMXT.

Photo: Salty Lady Seafood Co. staff pull up oysters in Bridget Cove. (Photo courtesy of Meta Mesdag)

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

Brian Venua reports on a grant awarded to a Kodiak plant for kelp processing, mariculture was front and center at the recent meeting of the Southeast Conference, according to Ryan Cotter of KCAW, and Wali Rana of KNOM tells of aerial surveys of the Bering and Chukchi Seas.

Photo: A kelp farmer harvests the marine algae off the coast of Cordova, Alaska. (Lila Hobbs, The Pew Charitable Trusts)

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

KOTZ's Desiree Hagen reports on bad data for the northernmost salmon fishery, Southeast salmon was less than stellar, according to CoastAlaska's Angela Denning, and the state wants the Supreme Court to take on rural preference for subsistence, according to KYUK's Sage Smiley.

Photo: Chum salmon (NFWS)

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

It's all salmon, with Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Carl Burnside talking about the big year for sockeye in Chignik, and KMXT's Brian Venua on the rush of pink salmon in Kodiak.

Photo : Chignik weir. (Photo courtesy of Carl Burnside, Alaska Dept of Fish and Game)

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

Ashlyn O'Hara reports on a sport fishing roundtable all around king salmon from KDLL, and KNBA's Rhonda McBride about a subsistence win on the Kuskokwim.

Photo: A panel at the Kenai River Sportfishing Association’s Kenai Classic Roundtable in Soldotna, Aug. 21, 2024.

(Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:Seaweed could be is the secret ingredient in cement, according to Bellamy Pailthorp of KNKX, Wali Rana reports on the new processor in Savoonga courtesy of KNOM, and Resurrection Creek is nearly restored, story by KDLL's Hunter Morrison.

Photo: Resurrection Creek in the Chugach National Forest