by Laine Welch | Dec 30, 2021 | Alaskana, Fish Radio Programs
Laine Welch of Kodiak, producer of Alaska Fish Radio programs for 33 years, says so long! After 33 years, Alaska Fish Radio is signing off and Friday is the...
by Laine Welch | Dec 29, 2021 | Fish Radio Programs, Fisheries updates
Salmon will always be the heart of Alaska’s fisheries. That’s why many people think of summer as the fishing season. But that’s not the case. The heart of winter is when most of Alaska’s largest fisheries get underway each year. On January first, hundreds of...
by Laine Welch | Dec 28, 2021 | Bycatch, Fish Radio Programs
Funding is available for projects designed to reduce bycatch across all U.S. fisheries. Over the past decade, NOAA Fisheries has funded about 140 new programs through its Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program (BREP). For fiscal year 2022, $2.4 million...
by Laine Welch | Dec 27, 2021 | Crab, Economics, Fish Radio Programs, Groundfish
Washington trawlers tied up at Dutch Harbor, AK Credit: NOAA As Alaska struggles to find new sources of revenue, its leaders might look to...
by Laine Welch | Dec 24, 2021 | AK Congress, Bycatch, Environment, Fish Radio Programs, Salmon, Trawlers
An Alaska Salmon Research Task Force Act was introduced last week by Alaska Senators Murkowski and Sullivan that, if passed, aims to gain better understanding about causes of salmon declines, especially in the Northwest regions. The task force, to include 13 to 19...
by Laine Welch | Dec 22, 2021 | Board of Fish (State), Fish Radio Programs, Fisheries updates, Halibut, IPHC, NPFMC
Kodiak boats gear up for cod, pollock, halibut and more Holidays aside, Alaska fishing stakeholders are gearing up for the start of some of the state’s biggest fisheries and...
