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 fishery disaster money after years of waiting.

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

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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 the Salish Sea. (photo A.W. Trites, University of British Columbia).

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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-year coho salmon monitoring project are inserted into the stomach through the mouth, with an antenna that sticks out. Alaska Department off Fish and Game.

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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 king crab are sold to the public.

Photo: Red king crab being sold at the dock in Kodiak. Brian Venua/KMXT

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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 Peninsula.

Photo: Nick Begich, Republican candidate for U.S. House, speaks during a Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024 debate in Kodiak. At center is Alaskan Independence Party candidate John Wayne Howe, and at right is Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)