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Pushing back against the greying of the fleet
The average age of an Alaska fisherman today is more than 50 years old. That number is growing…
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Data shows Prince William Sound pink salmon in Homer streams
The wash of pink salmon that showed up in streams across Lower Cook Inlet this year weren’t all…
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Forecast predicts another below-average sockeye year
Next year’s sockeye salmon forecast for Upper Cook Inlet looks only slightly rosier than this year’s forecast. The…
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Board of Game turns down feral cat proposal
Colonies of domestic feral cats occupy corners of Alaska, and after the state Board of Game turned down…
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Board of Game takes no action on permit requirement for domestic sheep, goats
Owners of domestic sheep and goats won’t have to get permits for their animals for now, though members…
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Board of Game upholds restriction on sheep spotting by plane
Using an airplane to spot Dall sheep while hunting will stay illegal in the state for now. The…
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Southcentral commercial fishing jobs inched up in 2016
More people worked in commercial salmon fishing in Southcentral Alaska in 2016 than in 2015, even as total…
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Study reviews potential climate impacts on Kenai River salmon
Though the Kenai River’s salmon populations are still healthy compared to other Pacific salmon populations, a number of…
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Study reviews potential climate impacts on Kenai River salmon
Though the Kenai River’s salmon populations are still healthy compared to other Pacific salmon populations, a number of…
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Ninilchik fishes Kenai gillnet for second year
The gillnet operation in the Kenai River run by the Ninilchik Traditional Council this summer concluded its season…
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Board of Fisheries again refuses peninsula meeting
The Board of Fisheries has again snubbed the Kenai Peninsula for its Upper Cook Inlet regulatory meeting in…
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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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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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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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Beluga research looks at failure to rebound
Two research efforts are taking new approaches to the question of why Cook Inlet’s endangered beluga whales haven’t…
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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…