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Jul 19 2018

Salmon caught in a seine net in the eastern Norton Sound, just up the Bering Sea coast from Nome. (File photo by KNOM)

New Alaska law allows license to fish to be on your phone

By Emily Hofstaedter, KNOM-Nome | 2 Alaska, Fisheries, Outdoors, State Government

Gov. Bill Walker signed House Bill 260 into law, allowing carriers to show their license in paper form or on their cellphone. including a digital copy, or a photograph of a paper copy.

By Emily Hofstaedter, KNOM-Nome | July 19, 2018 7:04 am

Jul 18 2018

Kyle Brojakowski and Jan Medhaug climbed of the F/V Kristi seconds before it capsized. (Photo courtesy Dennis Villanez)

F/V Kristi sinks near Clark’s Point, all on board survive

By Avery Lill, KDLG-DIllingham | Fisheries, Public Safety, Southwest

When the F/V Kristi lost power on Saturday in the Nushagak District, the tide pushed it between two much larger ships, where it lodged on a Yokohama fender. The Kristi sank, and the captain and crew escaped with seconds to spare.

By Avery Lill, KDLG-DIllingham | July 18, 2018 11:43 am

Jul 17 2018

Here’s how a planeload of salmon gets from Cook Inlet to customers in Anchorage

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Business, Economy, Fisheries

It’s been a tough start to Alaska’s fishing season this year. But now the sockeye run is heating up. We followed a single plane-load of sockeye – from its catch site across Cook Inlet to the backdoor of a downtown Anchorage restaurant.

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | July 17, 2018 5:46 pm

Jul 16 2018

NOAA Ship Fairweather captured this sonar image of the F/V Destination, where it rests on the sea floor near St. George Island. (Image courtesy National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Destination likely sank after accumulating ice in heavy freezing spray, report says

By Laura Kraegel, KUCB-Unalaska | Aleutians, Fisheries, Public Safety, Search & Rescue

Federal investigators concluded that F/V Destination, which sank in the Bering Sea last winter, likely capsized after the vessel became coated in hundreds of thousands of pounds of ice.

By Laura Kraegel, KUCB-Unalaska | July 16, 2018 12:36 pm

Jul 16 2018

A researcher points out the ridges on a salmon scale that are examined to figure out the age of the fish. (Photo by Mitch Borden/KDLG)

Salmon scales tell researchers a lot about the fish returning to Bristol Bay

By Mitch Borden, KDLG-Dillingham | Fisheries, Science & Tech, Southwest

By examining small lines on the backs of salmon scales, researchers can determine the age of salmon returning to Bristol Bay. That information is crucial to fisheries management and forecasts.

By Mitch Borden, KDLG-Dillingham | July 16, 2018 8:14 am

Jul 13 2018

Shanghai Hollywin Frozen Food CEO Xin Lyu snaps photos July 11, 2018, at a weir on the Buskin River near Kodiak . (Photo by Daysha Eaton/KMXT)

Chinese delegation visits Kodiak as Trump administration issues new proposed tariffs

By Daysha Eaton, KMXT-Kodiak | Economy, Federal Government, Fisheries, Nation & World, Southwest

A delegation from China visited Kodiak Island with the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, touring fish processing plants in Kodiak and Larsen Bay.

By Daysha Eaton, KMXT-Kodiak | July 13, 2018 10:27 am

Jul 12 2018

Dungeness crab. (Creative Commons Photo by Andy Clordia)

Southeast crab fishermen will have full season in 2018

By Alanna Elder, KFSK-Petersburg | Fisheries, Southeast

Southeast Alaska’s Dungeness crab fishery had a strong first week and will not have a shortened season like last year. Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced in late June that crabbers would have a full two-month summer season.

By Alanna Elder, KFSK-Petersburg | July 12, 2018 2:16 pm

Jul 12 2018

Net pens at Cook Inlet Aquaculture's Tutka Bay Lagoon Hatchery. (Photo by Aaron Bolton/KBBI)

Hatchery debate wages on as research continues

By Aaron Bolton, KBBI-Homer | Fisheries, Southcentral

For the second time this year, Alaska’s Board of Fisheries will weigh an emergency petition to block a Solomon Gulch Hatchery from increasing its production. This is the latest skirmish in a battle over whether pink salmon hatcheries are causing more harm than good.

By Aaron Bolton, KBBI-Homer | July 12, 2018 11:26 am

Jul 12 2018

Trident Seafoods employees sort rock fish Saturday May 27, 2018, at a plant assembly line in Kodiak, Alaska.

Latest China tariffs likely to hit Alaska seafood, experts say

By Daysha Eaton, KMXT-Kodiak | Federal Government, Fisheries, Nation & World, Southwest

The Trump administration proposed Tuesday $200 billion in new tariffs on China, upsetting markets worldwide. Some of those new tariffs could affect Alaska seafood.

By Daysha Eaton, KMXT-Kodiak | July 12, 2018 8:48 am

Jul 12 2018

U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, in his office in Washington, D.C., in 2017.

Young seeks to revise a beloved fisheries law

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | 2 Alaska, Federal Government, Fisheries, Nation & World

Almost universally praised, the original 1976 Magnuson Stevens Act keeps foreign fishing fleets off America’s shores and established regional management councils to rebuild fish stocks and ensure sustainable harvests. A Don Young-sponsored bill seeks to revise the act.

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | July 12, 2018 7:21 am

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New Alaska law allows license to fish to be on your phone

F/V Kristi sinks near Clark’s Point, all on board survive

Here’s how a planeload of salmon gets from Cook Inlet to customers in Anchorage

Destination likely sank after accumulating ice in heavy freezing spray, report says

Salmon scales tell researchers a lot about the fish returning to Bristol Bay

Chinese delegation visits Kodiak as Trump administration issues new proposed tariffs

Southeast crab fishermen will have full season in 2018

Hatchery debate wages on as research continues

Latest China tariffs likely to hit Alaska seafood, experts say

Young seeks to revise a beloved fisheries law

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