The Alaska Fisheries Report from KMXT

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

KUCB's Theo Greenly reports that Unalaska has finally started to see some crab disaster money, KDLG's Kendra Hannah on a prediction of bigger fish in the Bay this year, from KBBI Simon Lopez reports that Alaskans will be able to harvest dungies in Cook Inlet, and efforts to map the Pacific herring genome are underway, according to Desiree Hagen of KOTZ.

Photo: Dungeness crab.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Non-teaching staff across the University of Alaska system are working to form a union. An atmospheric research facility near the Interior community of Gakona has been a magnet for conspiracy theories for decades. And the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in springtime can feel like a bit of a bird super-highway.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

A ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court has created doubt about the future of American citizenship for Alaskans who are the children of immigrants. Researchers say the state isn’t taking the problem of PFAS as seriously as it should. And the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas Project picked up another non-binding pledge of support this week.

Photo: The sun sets behind Marathon Petroleum Corportation's Kenai LNG Terminal on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025 in Nikiski, Alaska. The former LNG export. (Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLL)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The U.S. Senate is still working on the Republican megabill containing tax cuts and many of President Trump’s priorities. Fires near Denali have spurred evacuations. And the Australian company seeking to develop a large oil discovery on Alaska’s North Slope might be purchased by a consortium based in Abu Dhabi.

Photo: The Bear Creek Fire north of Healy on June 25. Erick Stahlin/AKCIMT

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has vetoed a bill that would have sharply limited payday loans in Alaska. Wildfires have been threatening neighborhoods on the fringes of Fairbanks since late last week. And a mandate to sell millions of acres of public land was struck from the Republican budget reconciliation bill that’s moving through the U.S. Senate.

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:Regional Fishery Management Councils have been tasked with recommending ways to made fisheries more productive. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has closed the Ninilchik River to sportfishing. KFSK's Hannah Weaver reports on a partnership between a hatchery and a hydroelectric powerplant, and on a flare disposal program. And KUCB's Theo Greenly tells of lean times for the North Pacific Fishery Management Council.

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

Brian Venua peers through his monocle to chronicle one crabber's journey to DC for KMXT, the Fishery Management Council of the North Pacific still won't be specific about a chum collar for Bering Sea pollock trawlers, according to reporting from KYUK's Evan Erickson, and Samantha Watson's relation of her participation in a Kuskokwim salmon celebration, with the story creation and audio preparation at KYUK.

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

The Alaska Desk's Avery Ellfeldt reports on legislation that could make it easier for fishermen to get insurance, Olivia Rose sits down with the CEO of Silver Bay Seafoods for KHNS, and KUCB's Theo Greenly tells of a funding fight that is uniting environmentalists with fishermen.

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Evan Erickson provides a grim preview of the Yukon salmon season for KYUK, KMXT's Brian Venua reports on the sentencing of a Kodiak crab fisherman, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has reduced the daily limit for rockfish in Cook Inlet, and a nine-year-old has won the Sitka Salmon Derby, according to KCAW's Robert Woolsey.

Photot: Rockfish (ADF&G)

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

Davis Hovey reports on the Ocean Pasture Restoration project. Will it fly, or is it a pie in the sky? Plus a maritime audio postcard from Andy Lusk of KUCB.

Photo: Coral reef in Tubbataha Natural Park. (Wikipedia.)