Recreational/Subsistence Fishing

Hooking Nome students on HAB research

By Tom Moran | February 9, 2026

A high school student in a brown parka and black pants holds a small fish in his hand and smiles broadly. He sits on the ice with his other hand holding a stick with a line running into the hole. Beside him are a clipboard and a bucket.

Ice fishing is not the most common method of data collection. But for students at Nome-Beltz High School, a couple of afternoons in December spent jigging for tomcod was a…

Julie Matweyou

By Dave Partee | October 24, 2017

Julie MatweyouMarine Advisory Program Agent, Kodiak (907) 486-1514 Contact Julie Bio page Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center 118 Trident Way Kodiak, AK 99615 Julie Matweyou Focus Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning,…

Melissa Good

By Dave Partee | October 24, 2017

Melissa GoodMariculture Specialist & KSMSC Coordinator, Kodiak (907) 486-1502 Contact Melissa Bio page Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center 118 Trident Way Kodiak, AK 99615 Melissa Good Focus Mariculture Education…

Marine agent draws on experience to advise Alaskans

By Paula Dobbyn | August 31, 2017

bearded man holding a fishing pole on the water

Terry Johnson has spent much of his life on boats and on the coast. The marine agent and University of Alaska Fairbanks professor has commercially fished, led marine life viewing tours, assisted fishermen, been a prolific writer and helped coastal residents adapt to climate change.