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Bristol Bay Fishermen Talk About Their Season

July 25, 2013 North Pacific

The 2013 Bristol Bay sockeye salmon season is just about in the books. It was a historic year featuring the earliest run on record and a significant price increase. KDLG News recently spoke with several fishermen about their season. KDLG’s Mike Mason has the story. listen@kdlg

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The 2013 King Salmon Run To the Nushagak River is a Success Story

July 23, 2013 North Pacific

It’s been another year of low king salmon numbers to many of the major river systems in Alaska. However, one of the biggest king runs in the state is doing quite well. KDLG’s Mike Mason has the story. listen@kdlg

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Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for June 20 and 21

July 22, 2013 North Pacific

The Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for June 20 and 21 includes additional content not included in the Report for Friday, June 19. continued@kdlg

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Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for Friday, July 19

July 20, 2013 North Pacific

The Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for Friday, July 19th includes an examination of the large price increase this season in the Bay. We also check out some priorities for the pending reauthorization of the Magnuson Stevens Act and we’ll explore the controversy surrounding Wal-Mart’s decision to only stock salmon carrying the MSC sustainability label. All of that and more in the Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for Friday, July 19th. listen@kdlg

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Fisheries Economist Gunnar Knapp on This Year’s Price Increase in Bristol Bay

July 19, 2013 North Pacific

The sockeye harvest this year in Bristol Bay came in short of the pre-season forecast and is low compared to the harvest’s recorded in recent years. However, the base price paid to fishermen jumped up by 50-cents. KDLG’s Mike Mason recently spoke with a leading fisheries economist in an effort to explain how the base price is set and why in increased this year. Listen @ kdlg

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Many Seafood Processors Support Using Foreign Workers to Staff Facilities Across Alaska

July 16, 2013 North Pacific

Last week several members of the leadership team for a trade association of seafood processors toured processing plants in Bristol Bay. KDLG’s Mike Mason sat down with 2 members of the team for this report about how the processors are dealing with the loss of many of the foreign workers that have traditionally staffed processing plant across the state. listen@kdlg

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Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for Sunday, July 14 – Mike Mason

July 14, 2013 North Pacific

The Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for Sunday, July 14 includes the latest information on the prices being offered by the major processors and an update on the response to the sunken tender Lone Star. We also tour the Icicle Wood River plant and hear about a new vessel that will be entering the Bering Sea long-line fleet. All of that and more in the Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for Sunday, July 14. listen@kdlg

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Wildlife troopers in Unalakleet cited a man Tuesday for unlawful subsistence fishing.

July 11, 2013 North Pacific

Troopers seized the 25 king salmon, along with 10 chums and 1 pink as evidence. continued@kdlg

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Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for Sunday, July 7

July 8, 2013 North Pacific

The Sunday, July 7th edition of the Bristol Bay Fisheries Report includes details on the commercial fisheries closures in the 3 eastside districts and an update on how things are looking to the west in the Togiak District.

We also have an update on the response to the sunken tender Lone Star in the mouth of the Igushik River, listen@kdlg

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Congressman Issa Wants More Information About the EPA’s “Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment” 01/08/13

January 9, 2013 North Pacific

KDLG’s Mike Mason has the details.Click here

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

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