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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…
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Joint board of fish, game considers meeting
The two boards regulating fisheries and game in the state are considering a joint meeting next spring. The…
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Commission to consider cutting halibut catch quotas
Halibut fishermen may see a reduction in the total amount of fish they’re allowed to catch in 2018.…
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Hearing officer orders fines, removal of rock in Dow Island gravel case
A state hearing officer has decided that the two men accused of illegally dumping gravel in the Kenai…
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State, feds to determine next steps after turbidity report
The state must now address the fact that excessive motor boat traffic in July has made a section…
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Panel opens up conversation on salmon habitat policy reform
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to clarify that the two commercial fishermen on the panel did…
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After 3 decades, Gary’s Auto Electric to close
A mismatched collection of items welcomes visitors to Gary’s Auto Electric. A dog the size of a black…
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Dipnet Kenai app looks back on debut year
Kenai is shifting the emphasis of how it manages the roughly 20,000 personal-use dipnet fishermen who come to…
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Kenai reviews 2017 dipnet
Editor’s note: This story has been changed to correct the number of dipnet transactions in 2013. When the…
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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…