by Laine Welch | Apr 12, 2021 | Cod, Education, Environment, Fish Radio Programs, Meetings
Science for local people at a fast pace is the plan for the upcoming Kodiak Area Marine Science Symposium – a virtual four days that will include visitors far beyond the island. Sessions are organized around five themes: fish and habitat, harmful algal blooms,...
by Laine Welch | Dec 17, 2020 | Cod, Fish Radio Programs
Cod stocks are rebounding in the Gulf of Alaska after bottoming out due to a multi-year heat wave that wiped out several year classes. No fishery occurred this year in federally managed waters from three to 200 miles out, and a catch of less than six million...
by Laine Welch | Dec 14, 2020 | Cod, Fish Radio Programs, Fisheries updates, Meetings
Pacific cod appears to be making a comeback in the Gulf of Alaska after getting clobbered by a multi-year heat wave starting in 2014 that wiped out several year classes. That shut down the fishery this year in federal waters of the Gulf from three to 200 miles...
by Laine Welch | Jun 18, 2020 | Cod, Economics, Fish Radio Programs
The process to get relief payments into the hands of fishermen and communities hurt by the 2018 Gulf of Alaska cod crash is delayed a bit due to upheavals stemming from the coronavirus. In late February the U.S. Secretary of Commerce cut loose $24,416,440 for...
by Laine Welch | Mar 30, 2020 | AK Congress, Cod, Economics, Fish Radio Programs
The process is underway to develop plans to distribute federal disaster funds for those hurt by the 2018 Gulf of Alaska cod crash. In late February the Secretary of Commerce cut loose $24,416,440 for affected stakeholders. On March 20 the State of Alaska sent out a...
by Laine Welch | Mar 6, 2020 | Cod, Fish Radio Programs
Warmer temperatures on the ocean bottom were key in causing the cod crash in the Gulf of Alaska. That’s the conclusion of a NOAA Fisheries study that connected low numbers of cod larvae, juveniles and adults to loss of spawning grounds in the 2013–2016...
