Another large salmon run is forecasted this upcoming salmon season for the Bristol Bay fishery. The forecast calls for a harvest of roughly 31 million sockeye with another 15 million escaping for a cumulative run of 46 million fish!
Download the PDF Here:2016 Bristol Bay Salmon Forecast
College Classes Being Offered
– Scholarship funding for tuition available
– Flexible days and times available
If you are interested in any of these classes please write your name and phone number on the sheet posted at the Sand Point Post Office. You will be contacted by Karen McMillan (kmcmillan@aebsd.org), Sand Point Facilitator for UAF/Bristol Bay Campus
– Boiler Repair
– Small Engine / Outboard Motor Repair
– Welding
– Traditional / Cultural Crafts
ADF&G updated their 2015 salmon summary. The link below has been changed to the latest version from 10/30/2015 9:30 AM
Download the 2015 Area M Commercial Salmon Season Summary (PDF 919 kB)
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/applications/dcfnewsrelease/630016713.pdf
BigWave Dave interviews Wendy Whitney, a doctoral student at Maryville University currently conducting a research study about health care in Sand Point, AK.
Download the interview with Wendy Whitney (mp3, 3MB, 12 minutes)
Stream it (HTML5):
Download Sand Point School’s Thursday Flyer for Oct 15th, 2015
Sand Point’s City Council will be meeting on October 13th, 2015. KSDP will broadcast this meeting and post the audio online.
Download the October 13, 2015 City Council Meeting Agenda & Packet (PDF)
Download AEB’s “In the Loop” from Oct. 8, 2015 (PDF).
Archives here:
http://www.aleutianseast.org/index.asp?SEC=25D556BD-9F88-42A9-B7B4-A9FDB20ACBFD&Type=B_BASIC
Sand Point Volleyball versus King Cove from October 9th, 2015
Final Score: King Cove – 15 / Sand Point – 13
Download Sand Point Volleyball versus King Cove from October 9th, 2015 (mp3, 22MB, 96 minutes)
Stream it (HTML5):
Download PDF Here: Friday Flyer 10.9.15
Download the PDF Here: In the Loop – Oct. 8, 2015
The proposed AMHS schedule for the summer 2016 season, which runs May through September, is now available for public review and comment by clicking here (http://www.dot.state.ak.us/amhs/share/schedule/considerations.pdf).
Please see the press release for additional details (http://www.dot.state.ak.us/amhs/doc/service_notices/outage_100115.pdf).
Note on the proposed Tusty schedule changes from the PDF:
“Tustumena to sail the Southwest Route with two Aleutian chain trips per month. (but only one in June and September). The first chain trip is May 17. Old Harbor will receive one stop per month June to September. (6/6 OLD-KOD, 7-13 KOD-OLD, 8-15 OLD- KOD, 9-7 KOD-OLD). The last chain trip in September will leave a Homer-Kodiak service gap of one week since Kennicott is not available to back fill.”
