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UAF launches center focusing on salmon, society
The University of Alaska is diving into broad social issues tied to salmon, with the hope of finding…
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Spring into the fishing season
On a lake somewhere in Alaska sometime before he became the avid fly tier he is today, Dave…
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Fish board takes on hatchery issues
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to clarify that the board of fisheries did not form a…
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Poor northern Cook Inlet king returns lead to closures
King salmon runs to the Susitna River aren’t looking good for 2018, leading to closures in both the…
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Board of Fish to meet on peninsula in 2020
Central Kenai Peninsula fishermen will get to stay at home for the 2020 Board of Fisheries meeting. For…
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Fish board approves rotenone use in Tote Road lakes
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has the first stamp of approval for its project to eliminate…
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Kenai plans second silver salmon derby
Kenai is taking another swing at hosting a silver salmon derby this fall. The city of Kenai and…
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KPBSD students take to ice for annual fishing day
A conspiracy was developing among the elementary schools student on the ice atop Sport Lake on Thursday: clearly,…
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Congress appropriates $200M for fisheries disasters
Commercial fishermen across the Gulf of Alaska might finally receive some checks from the federal government after the…
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Fishing license sales drop in 2017
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s sportfishing license sales fell last year, even while its revenue from…
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Local governments try again for central peninsula fish board meeting
Editor’s note: This story has been changed to clarify the Board of Fish’s meeting location decision at their…
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Cuts in commercial fishing budgets lead to reductions in staffing
Budget cuts at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game have led to reductions in staffing in the…
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Fish and Game looks to spread use of rockfish deepwater release devices
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the fact that nonpelagic rockfish experience barotrauma no matter how…
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Low silver returns to Seward in 2016 mean fewer to stock in 2018
The coho salmon returns to Seward may be slow next year, though Homer may see a boost in…
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CIAA director looks back at career
Out in the Alaska wilds, it’s easy to miss the subtler goings on: a wolverine passing through the…
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Kenai council discusses dipnet vendors
As Kenai’s city government more actively attempts to make the summer dipnet fishery a boost to the local…
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Bill would authorize east side setnet permit buyback
The Legislature is set to consider a buyback program for commercial fishing permits in Cook Inlet’s east side…
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Salmon Fellows program seeks to broaden fish conversations
The Alaska Humanities Forum is trying to cool some of the heated tension between salmon fishermen in the…
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A look at the salmon habitat ballot initiative
The deadline for a ballot initiative to revise Alaska’s salmon habitat permitting laws is approaching, with deep divides…
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Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association leader to retire
The executive director of Cook Inlet’s regional hatchery organization is planning to step down. Gary Fandrei, the executive…