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King fishing starts off slow on Anchor River
Usually, an opportunity to harvest king salmon brings anglers thronging to the riverbanks in the spring. Not so…
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The joy of the fight
Terry Umatum of Anchorage takes a deep breath after landing his Anchor River king salmon on Saturday, May…
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Kenai to start using dipnet earnings
Kenai’s city government has made managing the summer dipnet fishery pay for itself. Soon, fishery revenues may pay…
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Salmon fellows program includes 4 with peninsula connections
As beloved as salmon are across Alaska, they’re also the focus of tense disagreements. The Alaska Humanities Forum…
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Look out for hooligan
Spring brings migratory birds, beluga whales, harbor seals and people to the banks of the Kenai seeking the…
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Northern District king salmon setnetters stay closed
Subsistence fishermen in part of the Susitna River drainage will be able to harvest a few kings, but…
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Fish board denies petition on hatcheries
The members of the Board of Fisheries agree that Pacific salmon hatchery impacts on wild salmon stocks are…
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CIAA to move controversial nets back into Tutka Bay Lagoon
The much-debated net pens in the main part of Tutka Bay won’t be there this summer after all.…
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Worker-inmates to be housed in Kenai cannery
As inmates in the work-release program at Kenai’s Wildwood Correctional Complex prepare to go to work at the…
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Commercial fishermen to open with regular periods
Commercial fisheries managers in Cook Inlet are moving forward with a cautious eye on salmon runs but relatively…
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A little skill, a lot of patience
Harper Leck, 3, watches as her line and weight sink into the water at an Alaska Department of…
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Fish and Game to stock grayling in peninsula lakes again
Peninsula anglers hankering after grayling won’t have to go so far afield in the future — the fish…
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Council works to disentangle state, federal Cook Inlet salmon fisheries
About a year after the North Pacific Fishery Management Council first took up the Cook Inlet federal fishery…
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Copper River to stop operating Kenai dock
Seafood processor Copper River Seafoods won’t be operating the city of Kenai’s dock this year. The company, which…
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Salmon habitat bill still milling in House Fisheries committee
With the Legislature closing in on the final day of its regular session, the battle over a bill…
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Pebble lays out smaller mine plan
The Pebble Limited Partnership is changing its plans and its tone as it continues its permitting process. The…
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Commercial salmon harvest forecasted weaker statewide
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to clarify that the comment period offered on the federal rule…
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Fields withdraws name from fish board consideration
It was a quick dip into the state fisheries politics pool for Duncan Fields. The Kodiak resident on…
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Make way for the king
Though the ice is barely out, the Homer harbor buzzed with activity on Saturday as anglers hit the…
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Walker nominates 2, including fish board chair, to federal fish council
Gov. Bill Walker has nominated two Alaskans for the North Pacific Fishery Management Council — one a current…