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Board declines request to cap Kodiak sockeye harvest
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct an error about the sampling area of the Kodiak…
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Two out of three ain’t bad
With perfect weather and great company on a recent fly fishing trip on the Upper Kenai River, it…
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Fish and Game looks to simplify sportfishing regs
Sportfishing regulations in Alaska are complicated and sometimes confuse anglers, but the Alaska Department of Fish and Game…
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Assembly, councils ask fish board to meet on peninsula
Local government bodies on the central Kenai Peninsula really want the state Board of Fisheries to hold a…
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Funny River couple rescued man after harrowing tumble off bluff in 2014
A fishing trip to Soldotna in July 2014 turned to a long nightmare for a Minnesota man, ending…
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Smallest sockeye harvest in last 10 years; late runs made openings complex
Sockeye salmon were scarcer in Upper Cook Inlet this year, but coho, chum and pink salmon were more…
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Supreme Court says no to hearing UCIDA case
The lawsuit over whether the federal government or the state should manage Cook Inlet’s salmon fisheries won’t get…
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Upper Cook Inlet commercial fishing to close for 2017
Commercial fishing will be done for the 2017 season in Upper Cook Inlet effective Oct. 6. The east…
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Tagging experiment offers evidence that setnet-caught kings survive
Editor’s note: This article has been clarified that a king salmon did not gill in Brent Johnson’s selective…
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Silver derby wraps up with 200+ entries
With the first Kenai River Silver Salmon Derby officially closed, the Kenai Chamber of Commerce is calling it…
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Pinks run in places never seen before in bay
All around Kachemak Bay the past weeks, people have reported large runs of pink salmon in places never…
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Mallott rejects salmon habitat ballot initiative
Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott denied an application on Sept. 12 to put a voter initiative on the 2018…
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Kenai River silver salmon derby a go
The Kenai River silver salmon derby is set to go in two weeks after a long back-and-forth between…
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Fishing report: Silver fishing keeps up quality on Kenai River
A draft morning schedule for a silver salmon angler: 4 a.m.: Alarm goes off. Pat self on back…
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Fish and Game asks fishermen to report Atlantic salmon catches
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is asking that fishermen around the state report any Atlantic salmon…
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Sullivan hosts field hearing on Magnuson-Stevens in Soldotna
Sportfishing groups and advocates want to see the federal government separate the management of sport and commercial fishing…
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Larger commercial coho harvest sparks concern in Mat-Su
Upper Cook Inlet’s drift gillnet and east side set gillnet commercial fishermen saw a larger harvest of coho…
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Conclusion reached in UCIDA lawsuit
The United Cook Inlet Drift Association’s lawsuit against the federal government has finally reached its conclusion, though its…
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Fishing report: Silvers hit Kenai Peninsula rivers, fishing improves
Despite the sunshine, the surface of Resurrection Creek was dark — an enormous school of pink and silver…
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Most commercial fishing ends Monday
Most commercial fishing in Upper Cook Inlet ended Monday, with the set gillnet fishermen in the Kasilof section…