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The Alaska Fisheries Report from KMXT
Hosted by Terry Haines · EN
A weekly journal of Alaska fisheries news and information.
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Alaska Fisheries Report 07 May 2026
2w ago00:14:00Tap to summarizeThis week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: The Alaska Department of Fish and Game's salmon forecasts for Upper Cook Inlet and the Yukon River also list measures taken to preserve king salmon, plus KHNS's Avery Ellfeldt reports that NOAA has decided to not list Gulf of Alaska king salmon as endangered.Photo: Young king salmon swim in the Chena River, part of the Yukon River watershed, in 2011. (Photo by Erik Schoen)
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Alaska Fisheries Report 07 May 2026
3w ago00:14:00Tap to summarizeThis week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KMXT's Katherine Irving reports on Aquaculture Opportunity Areas, eastside setnetters in Cook Inlet bear the brunt of king salmon conservation efforts, story by KDLL's Ashlyn O'Hara, and Fish and Game has announced its salmon harvest estimates for this year, according to CoastAlaska's Angela Denning.Photo: Brian Gabriel (left) and Lisa Gabriel (right) deploy a beach seine on Wednesday, July 9, 2025 in Clam Gulch. (Ashlyn O'Hara)
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Alaska Fisheries Report 01 May 2026
4w ago00:14:00Tap to summarizeThis week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KMXT's Davis Hovey reports on a bill that seeks to change conflict-of-interest rules for the Board of Fisheries, Pike get hungrier when they get warmer, according to KNBA's Rhonda McBride and the Alaska Beacon, and a conversation between the Northern Journal's Nat Herz and APM's Casey Grove about the alternate fisheries reality that is Metlakatla.Photo: Fishing boats line the harbor in Metlakatla. (Jack Darrell/KRBD)
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Alaska Fisheries Report 23 April 2026
Apr 2300:14:00Tap to summarizeThis week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Davis Hovey reports on the creation of the USDA's new Office of Seafood, Hope McKenney of KCAW on the Sitka Assembly voting against a sweetheart lease deal for a local hatchery, and a story of sea ice prognostication from Ben Townsend and KNOM.
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Alaska Fisheries Report 16 April 2026
Apr 1600:14:00Tap to summarizeThis week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KUAC's Patrick Gilchrist reports the state is short on funds for a Fairbanks hatchery, the Alaska Beacon on a lawsuit on behalf of St. Paul fur seals challenging Bering Sea pollock management and on a state bill that would allow setnet cooperatives, Maggie Nelson of KUCB on a lawsuit challenging recent changes to Area M management, plus Ryan Cotter's story of a new hybrid fishing boat, courtesy of KCAW. Photo: Ben Matthys (right) showcases different parts of the F/V Mirage’s engine room and new hybrid engine to Sen. Lisa Murkowski. (KCAW/Cotter)
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Alaska Fisheries Report 09 April 2026
Apr 900:14:00Tap to summarizehis week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:KDLL's Ashlyn O'Hara reports that driftnet fishermen in Upper Cook Inlet will be using a new rulebook this season, sport fishermen in Southeast Alaska will have more kings to catch, according to Olivia Rose of KFSK, and Katherine Irving tells of salmon dissection from the studios of KMXT.Photo: A king salmon weighs in at Auke Nu Cove in Juneau on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
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Alaska Fisheries Report 02 April 2026
Apr 200:14:00Tap to summarizeThis week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Davis Hovey reports on Alaska's newest kelp hatchery, KCAW's Katherine Rose on the herring opener in Sitka Sound, and KCAW's Ryan Cotter on a convergence of fishermen and librarians.Photo: A kelp farmer harvests the marine algae off the coast of Cordova, Alaska. (Lila Hobbs/The Pew Charitable Trusts)
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Alaska Fisheries Report 26 March 2026
Mar 2600:14:00Tap to summarizeThis week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: The Alaska Board of Fisheries takes no action on a set of trawl proposals, plus KFSK's Olivia Rose reports on the Dungeness numbers for Southeast Alaska. Photo: Crew members shovel pollock onboard a trawler in the Bering Sea in 2019. (Nat Herz/Alaska Public Media)
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Alaska Fisheries Report 12 March 2026
Mar 1200:14:00Tap to summarizeThis week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KCAW's Hope McKinney reports on a trio of allegedly intentional boat sinkings, the Aleutians East Borough has filed a complaint against a Board of Fisheries member, story from Theo Greenly of KUCB, a crabber has died after falling overboard, as reported by KUCB's Maggie Nelson, and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is restricting sport fishing for king salmon and rockfish.Photo: Yelloweye rockfish (ADF&G)
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Alaska Fisheries Report 05 March 2026
Mar 600:14:00Tap to summarizeThis week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KYUK's Evan Erickson reports on restricted salmon fishing in Area M to avoid Yukon-bound chums, Hunter Morrison on extending the Southeast shrimp closure to sport and subsistence, courtesy of KRBD, and KMXT's own Davis Hovey on a new producer of seed kelp in Kodiak.Photo: Fritz Charles’ family picks a chinook salmon from the net. (Photo courtesy of Sharon F. Charles)
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