The Alaska Department of Fish and Game recently closed or restricted king salmon fishing for the coming season in the Susitna River and Little Susitna drainage, and cut commercial fishing in the northern Cook Inlet. The problem is not enough kings. On the next Outdoor Explorer, we’ll explore why this is happening and the impact of this decision, as king catches have sagged in various areas of the state for several years.
HOST: Charles Wohlforth
SEGMENTS:
- Segment 1: “Reason for king salmon shut down in Susitna drainage”. Regional Fisheries Management Coordinator Matthew Miller.
- Segment 2: “Reaction to king salmon shut down”. Andy Couch, owner of Fishtale River Guides.
- Segment 3: “Training calendar part 5”. Lisa Keller, Multi-sport Training of Alaska.
LINKS:
- Emergency orders and news releases from the Alaska Department of Fish & Game
- Fishtale River Guides
- Alaska restricts king salmon fishing in Susitna, Little Su and upper Inlet
- Alaska Board of Fisheries
- King salmon sport fishing in Upper Copper River closed this season
- Multisport Training of Alaska
BROADCAST: Thursday, April 5th, 2018. 2:00 pm – 3:00 p.m. AKT
REPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, April 5th, 2018. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT
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Eric Bork, or you can just call him “Bork” because everybody else does, is the FM Operations Manager for KSKA-FM. He oversees the day-to-day operations of the FM broadcast. He produces and edits episodes of Outdoor Explorer, the Alaska-focused outdoors program. He also maintains the web posts for that show. You may have heard him filling in for Morning Edition or hosting All Things Considered and can still find him operating the soundboard for any of the live broadcast programs.
After escaping the Detroit area when he was 18, Bork made it up to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where he earned a degree in Communications/Radio Broadcasting from Northern Michigan University. He spent time managing the college radio station, working for the local NPR affiliate, and then in top 40 radio in Michigan before coming to Alaska to work his first few summers. After then moving to Chicago, it only took five years to convince him to move back to Alaska in 2010. When not involved in great radio programming he’s probably riding a bicycle, thinking about riding bicycles, dreaming about bikes, reading a book, or planning the next place he’ll travel to. Only two continents left to conquer!
