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As council looks to public for Cook Inlet salmon plan, UCIDA stays wary
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council is looking for input from Cook Inlet fishermen on how it should…
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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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Summer’s bounty, winter’s feast
Just like a fisherman with his perfect spot, it’s easy to fall into a trap of the perfect…
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UFA names new executive director
The biggest commercial fishing organization in the state will have a new executive director in January. The United…
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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…
Environment
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…
Environment
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…
News
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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Alaska Wildlife Troopers do more with fewer officers
The Alaska Wildlife Troopers are spread thin across the state and asking the boards of fisheries and game…
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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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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…