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Board of Fish requests tackle commercial dipnets, beach seines, bait restrictions

The proposals are meant to address fishing regulation outside of the board’s three-year cycle

Rowan Yorkston teaching "Critter Campers" about the different shapes of eggs. (Photo provided by refuge)

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Refuge notebook: Beauty doesn’t boast

Beautiful things don’t ask for attention, and I think that can be said about the Kenai National Wildlife…

Kenai Mayor Brian Gabriel prepares to spin one of the wheels that determine the magic weight at the closing ceremony of the Kenai Silver Salmon Derby on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai Silver Salmon Derby returns Tuesday

The derby is unlike others because the winning fish is not the largest

Rep. Mary Peltola delivers closing remarks at the Kenai River Sportfishing Association’s Kenai Classic Roundtable at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Fisheries issues tackled at annual Kenai Classic Roundtable

Organizers said the event was an opportunity for Alaska and Lower 48 experts to shed light and share…

Soldotna Mayor Paul Whitney speaks during a meeting of the Soldotna City Council in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna council expresses opposition to Endangered Species listing for chinook

The letter comes only a week after Kenai’s city council made the same move

An Alaska Department of Fish and Game regulatory marker is seen at the outlet of Skilak Lake near Cooper Landing, Alaska, on Saturday, March 23, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Moderate coho run as harvest remains limited by emergency order

Northern Kenai Fishing Report for Aug. 28

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A peace crane sculpture stands at the heart of the Kenai Peninsula Peace Crane Garden Trails in Soldotna on Wednesday.

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From mundane to spiritual

Peace Crane Garden expands with two new structures

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Out of the Office: Bitter patience for sweet fruit

The last time I wrote for this column, I was digging raspberry plants out of my friend’s backyard.

Monitor Robert Begich counts the salmon pulled ashore and looks for king salmon at a test site for beach seine gear near Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai council opposes Endangered Species Act listing for chinook

The city both stated their opposition to that proposed listing, as well as the National Marine Fisheries Service’s…

A sockeye salmon rests atop a cooler at the mouth of the Kasilof River on Monday, June 26, 2023, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Low coho returns spur slew of bag limit reductions

A Northern Kenai Fishing Report published by the State Department of Fish and Game on Wednesday says that…

A sockeye salmon rests atop a cooler at the mouth of the Kasilof River on Monday, June 26, 2023, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Sockeye fishing slows; silvers start to arrive

Northern Kenai Fishing Report

Jerry Martens holds up a 14.33 pound silver salmon on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, in Seward, Alaska. On Monday, that silver was the largest fish caught in the 69th Annual Seward Silver Salmon Derby and also outweighs last year’s winning catch. (Photo provided by Seward Chamber of Commerce)

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Seward Silver Salmon Derby continues through Sunday

The 69th Annual Seward Silver Salmon Derby kicked off on Saturday and has already seen nearly 600 fishers…

An Alaska Department of Fish and Game regulatory marker is seen at the outlet of Skilak Lake near Cooper Landing, Alaska, on Saturday, March 23, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai River restriction on multiple hooks extended

A restriction on the use of multiple hooks on the Kenai River was extended via emergency order by…

A fisher carries his net across a muddy beach during the opening day of the personal use dipnet fishery at the mouth of the Kasilof River in Alaska, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kasilof dipnetting closed

Both Kenai Peninsula personal use dipnet fisheries are done for the season

A man fishes in the Kenai River on July 16, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion/file)

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Fishing report: Sockeye fishing good on local rivers

Sockeye are still running

The Sterling Highway crosses the Kenai River near the Russian River Campground on March 15, 2020 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Russian River Campground to close Aug. 15

The ongoing effort is for reconstruction of a section of Russian River Campground Road

Aspen trees offer a spot of red on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, at the Hidden Lake Campground in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge near Sterling, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Mystery Creek Access Road reopens Friday

The road is often used for hunting access

Well over 50 people enjoy the Nikiski Pool during a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the North Peninsula Recreation Service Area in Nikiski, Alaska, on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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North Peninsula Recreation Service Area celebrates 50 years

The service area was established in 1974, with the Nikiski Pool being built and opened in 1975

A fisher stands with net extended in the Kenai River in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai River personal use dipnet fishery closed

All anglers with an Upper Cook Inlet Personal Use Salmon Permit are required to complete online reporting by…

The Kasilof River is seen from the Kasilof River Recreation Area, July 30, 2019, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Bait restriction on Kasilof River reinstated

The restriction is slated to be in place from Friday, Aug. 2 through Sept. 15