Unalaska, AK – Once its inventory is gone, Alyeska Trading Company will be shutting down its operations. The closure of this store is actually the result of a complicated asset sale by Wards Cove to other fishing groups, and its the part of the deal that locals are noticing the most. KUCB's Alexandra Gutierrez has more.

Unalaska, AK – Today, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council wraps up its meeting in Anchorage. For the past week, the council and its advisory panel have reviewed changes to the salmon fishery management plan, discussed changes to the Pacific cod jig fishery, and talked about how federal regulations affect cod trawlers.

This weekend, the council also focused on the state of the Pribilof Islands Blue King Crab stock and how this dwindling fishery could be rebuilt. It been over a decade since crabbers have been allowed to harvest this stock, but the blue king crab population hasn't rebounded since the closure. Now, the Council is reviewing a rebuilding plan that could close some grounds to flatfish vessels in an attempt to reduce crab bycatch.

Unalaska, AK – Strong winds blasted the Aleutians today, causing some property damage in Unalaska and across the chain.

Locally, windshields have been shattered by flying debris, and a dumpster lid blew off while being transported across Captains Bay, causing damage to the bridge. A vehicle collision also took place during the storm. In Atka, high winds tore the door off the local clinic.

Unalaska, AK – There will be a new hiatus this week as the news department attends the Alaska Press Club conference and the North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting in Anchorage. We'll be back at noon on Tuesday, April 5.

In the meantime, you can keep track of community events and information by checking our facebook page. As always, thanks for listening to KUCB 89.7 FM Unalaska.

Unalaska, AK – The Environmental Protection Agency has detected harmless trace of amounts of radiation in Alaska.

Radiation monitors in Unalaska, Nome, and Juneau picked up isotopes that likely originated from the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan, which entered into crisis earlier this month. The radiation levels are currently "hundreds of thousands of times below levels of public health concern," according to the state of Alaska. These same isotopes have also been detected in Hawaii and in states along the West Coast, going as far as Nevada and Idaho.

Unalaska, AK – The state-waters Pacific cod fishery will have an exceptionally short season this year. The Aleutian Islands district will open to commercial fishing tomorrow, only to close a day and a half later on Thursday.

"I believe that this is probably the latest opening that we've had," says Trent Hartill, a biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. "In previous years it's usually early to mid-March."

Unalaska, AK – The city completed the removal of a dozen trailers on Loop Road. That housing will be replaced by a new 8-plex made for school, law enforcement, and city employees.

The Unalaska city council voted to remove the trailers last June, and the city has sold them to Offshore Systems Inc via a contractor. This weekend, the trailers were removed by Lakeview General Contracting and relocated to OSI.

Unalaska, AK – The Carl E. Moses Small Boat Harbor is entering a new phase of construction.

The first set of floats for the harbor arrived on Saturday morning from Seattle. The materials are now staged on a barge in Captains Bay. The contractor is expected to arrive in Unalaska within the next two days, and in-water work on the small boat harbor is scheduled to begin on April 1.

KUCB's Alexandra Gutierrez has more.

Unalaska, AK – The catcher-vessel trawl sector for the Bering Sea-Aleutian Island Pacific cod fishery has finished its season. The National Marine Fisheries Service made the closure at noon on Saturday, and now the state-waters fishery will open up on Wednesday.

The total allowable catch for Pacific cod was set at just under 228,000 metric tons, and the trawl sector has harvested nearly 40,000 of that this A season. Now, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game will be allowing vessels to harvest approximately 5,500 metric tons through April 1st. The federally managed B season will then open up that day.