The Alaska Fisheries Report from KMXT

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

Davis Hovey reports on the creation of the USDA's new Office of Seafood, Hope McKenney of KCAW on the Sitka Assembly voting against a sweetheart lease deal for a local hatchery, and a story of sea ice prognostication from Ben Townsend and KNOM.

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

KUAC's Patrick Gilchrist reports the state is short on funds for a Fairbanks hatchery, the Alaska Beacon on a lawsuit on behalf of St. Paul fur seals challenging Bering Sea pollock management and on a state bill that would allow setnet cooperatives, Maggie Nelson of KUCB on a lawsuit challenging recent changes to Area M management, plus Ryan Cotter's story of a new hybrid fishing boat, courtesy of KCAW.

Photo: Ben Matthys (right) showcases different parts of the F/V Mirage’s engine room and new hybrid engine to Sen. Lisa Murkowski. (KCAW/Cotter)

his week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

KDLL's Ashlyn O'Hara reports that driftnet fishermen in Upper Cook Inlet will be using a new rulebook this season, sport fishermen in Southeast Alaska will have more kings to catch, according to Olivia Rose of KFSK, and Katherine Irving tells of salmon dissection from the studios of KMXT.

Photo: A king salmon weighs in at Auke Nu Cove in Juneau on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

Davis Hovey reports on Alaska's newest kelp hatchery, KCAW's Katherine Rose on the herring opener in Sitka Sound, and KCAW's Ryan Cotter on a convergence of fishermen and librarians.

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:

The Alaska Board of Fisheries takes no action on a set of trawl proposals, plus KFSK's Olivia Rose reports on the Dungeness numbers for Southeast Alaska. Photo: Crew members shovel pollock onboard a trawler in the Bering Sea in 2019. (Nat Herz/Alaska Public Media)

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

KCAW's Hope McKinney reports on a trio of allegedly intentional boat sinkings, the Aleutians East Borough has filed a complaint against a Board of Fisheries member, story from Theo Greenly of KUCB, a crabber has died after falling overboard, as reported by KUCB's Maggie Nelson, and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is restricting sport fishing for king salmon and rockfish.

Photo: Yelloweye rockfish (ADF&G)

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

KYUK's Evan Erickson reports on restricted salmon fishing in Area M to avoid Yukon-bound chums, Hunter Morrison on extending the Southeast shrimp closure to sport and subsistence, courtesy of KRBD, and KMXT's own Davis Hovey on a new producer of seed kelp in Kodiak.

Photo: Fritz Charles’ family picks a chinook salmon from the net. (Photo courtesy of Sharon F. Charles)

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

Alix Soliman reports on the perils and promise of mariculture in SE, Colette Czarnecki on a Wrangell fisherman roundtable, and severe restrictions on Cook Inlet sport king fishing, according to KDLL's Ashlyn O'Hara. Photo: Thousands of young Pacific oysters grow in bins within the floating upweller system, or FLUPSY. (Photo by Alix Soliman/KTOO)

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has voted to adopt chum salmon bycatch measures on Bering Sea pollock, as reported by the Alaska Desk's Alena Naiden, and KUCB's Theo Greenly looks at the CDQ groups in the middle. Plus KMXT's Davis Hovey has some good news for Kodiak's cod fishermen.

Photo: Chum salmon. (National Marine Fishery Service)

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

The North Pacific Management Council finally takes final action on measures to curtail chum salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea pollock fishery.

Photo: Trawl net and codend in Unalaska's Carl E. Moses Boat Harbor, April 2025. (Theo Greenly)