This week KYUK's Evan Erickson reports on a report from the federal General Accountability Office that is critical of both fisheries observer programs and bycatch monitoring, Colleen Love for KTNA on record low king salmon returns in Susitna Valley rivers, and another post from Evan Erickson about the final report from the Alaska Salmon Research Task Force.

On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KUCB's Andy Lusk on the Fishermen's Memorial in Unalaska, Jack Darrell of KRBD reports that the deadline for comment on ESA listing for Gulf of Alaska king salmon has been extended, Alaska Public Media's Wesley Early on the Ship Creek shutdown for king fishing, Jessie Sheldon reports of a fire on the new processor in Bristol Bay for KDLG, and KDLG's Meg Duff tells of king salmon from Nushagak for elders.

On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KFSK's Hannah Flor tells of this season's Southeast salmon scene, Ashlyn O'Hara reports on the start of dip netting on the Kasilof River for KDLL , and KDLG's Jack Darrell offers an audio postcard from Bristol Bay.

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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: New rules for wastewater are on the horizon here in Alaska. Supporters of Robert Kennedy Jr. have enough signatures to get him on the ballot. And herring in Northwest Alaska is still a bit of a mystery.

Photo: Pacific herring

On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KYUK's Evan Erickson reports on concerns from Kuskokwim residents about trawlers working near salmon streams, and KFSK"s Shelby Herbert gets help from Jack Darrell of KRBD on a deep dive into the petition to list Gulf of Alaska king salmon as endangered.

Photo: Petersburg troller Mark Roberts working on his fishing vessel, the Cape Cross, on May 24, 2024. (Photo by Shelby Herbert/KFSK)

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Andy Lusk of KUCB tells of Aleutian mayors and their appeal to the federal government for help during a fish market crisis, Katherine Rose reports on the Sitka Assembly backing halibut bycatch caps for KCAW, KDLL's Ashlyn O'Hara on yet another lawsuit over the Cook Inlet EEZ, and rusting rivers are the focus of a story by KOTZ's Deseree Hagen.

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KMXT's Brian Venua reports on a flood of Russian fish, and on Bristol Bay's new 400 foot floater, plus Sofia Stuart-Rasi of KUCB on the Qawalagin Tribe's efforts to make mussels safe again in Unalaska.

Photo: Northline’s new processing barge Hannah. (Northline image)

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KMXT's Davis Hovey reports on a bill that would eliminate double vessel registration for fishermen, Alaska Public Media's Liz Ruskin reports on new bycatch bills from Rep. Mary Peltola, Copper River salmon season has started, according to KUAC's Dan Bross, and it is drill conductor training season for the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association.

Photo: Trainees take part in an Alaska Marine Safety Education Association exercise.

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KDLL's Riley Board reports on higher reimbursements for Fisherman's Fund, thanks to new legislation, KSTK's Collette Czarnecki on the closing of the chinook subsistence fishery on the Stikine River, the Alaska Beacon on a state seafood task force, Alaska Public Media's Rachel Cassandra on fish making the WIC-list, plus a Climate Scenarios Workshop is coming to Kodiak.

Photo: The Stikine River empties into the ocean near Wrangell. (Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Robert Woolsey reports on new management for the Little Port Walter chinook hatchery for KCAW, Dan Bross files a report on federal management of Yukon River salmon, and a Kodiak forecast for the commercial salmon season from KMXT's Davis Hovey.

Photo: NOAA’s Little Port Walter Research Station (LPW). Credit: Heather Fulton-Bennett/NOAA Fisheries.