NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center
All bycatch data from federally managed pollock trawl and groundfish fisheries in the state are now available in one place. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game recently launched a bycatch portal on its website years after it was recommended by the governor’s bycatch task force at the end of 2022.
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Weekly Wrap
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KMXTOn this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about this year's Alaska weathervane scallop fishery opening with two boats from Kodiak fishing, KTOO reports on high numbers of dead gray whales around the Pacific including Alaska, a new study suggests having a dog doubles your chance of having a bear encounter, property tax rates are slightly down in the Kodiak Island Borough this year, and city voters will again decide if the city manager will be required to live within city limits or five miles outside.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we discuss a new short film documentary about Filipino culture and life in Alaska called Bridging Our Stories with the filmmaker, Rafael Bitanga. Bitanga is from the Philippines and went to school in Kodiak.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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Credit Andrew Magel/KRITFC.This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KMXT's Katherine Irving reports on Alaska's scallop fishery, and Jessie Sheldon of KDLG adds one story on a Pebble Mine hearing and another on counting salmon with drones and AI.
Alaska News
- 4 thorny questions in the ongoing Alaska LNG tax debate from Tuesday’s ‘Talk of Alaska’
- New Alaska law will allow pharmacists to provide more healthcare
- 15 Alaskans and businesses charged with $1.8M in Medicaid fraud
- Jailed Anchorage man is fourth to die in custody so far in 2026
- Troopers fatally shoot Wasilla man on boat near Whittier after conviction for child sexual abuse
- Group seeking to repeal Alaska’s ranked choice voting hit with campaign finance complaints
- Dunleavy vetoes limits on campaign donations, ensuring August vote to impose new caps
- 2 dead and 1 hospitalized as Glenn Highway collision snarls traffic near Eagle River
- Alaska predator control culls 250-plus bears, but dispute remains over whether it's helping Mulchatna caribou
- A fake beluga escape story on social media is a reminder of the hazards of misinformation
NPR National News
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- How do young people feel about AI? 7 teens weigh in
- In the aftermath of deadly shootings, ICE pauses most traffic stops
- E. Jean Carroll receives $5.6 million from Trump in sexual abuse and defamation case
- Environmental groups sue government to stop a big change to the Endangered Species Act
- Some international artists are skipping U.S. tours. Others may follow suit
- Inflation slowed sharply -- but it may not last
- 'The Trojan Teddy Bear': The promise and peril of childhood in the age of AI
- The U.S. puts a blockade back on Iran as the Strait of Hormuz standoff escalates
- Trump's National Guard deployment in D.C. has been extended until 2029