The Alaska Fisheries Report from KMXT

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

KUCB's Theo Greenly reports that crabbers are finally starting to get relief money, Southeast Alaska's first red king crab fishery in eight years is underway, according to KFSK's Olivia Rose, and Cook Inlet had a good sockeye season, story by KDLL's Ashlyn O'Hara.

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

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

KMXT's Davis Hovey reports that the Alaska State Troopers seized all electronics from the Alaska Groundfish Data Bank in Kodiak, and then he throws cold water on an old wives tale.

Photo: Micrograph of phytoplankton. (Image by NOAA MESA Project, via the NOAA Photo Library.)

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

Hunter Morrison gives an update on invasive European green crabs from the studio of KRBD, fishing job numbers are down again, according to KUCB's Theo Greenly, and a wayward fishing vessel was captured in Petersburg, story from Olivia Rose of KFSK.

Photo: European Green Crab (Photo by Ginny Eckert/Alaska Sea Grant)

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)