Fish News
Cook Inlet commercial interests launch all-out attack on personal use and sport fishing
By Kevin Delaney, December 12, 2013 OPINION: Fighting over fish in the Upper Cook Inlet is nothing new. Both sport and commercial groups have has aggressively sought to a share of the catch for...
read moreKilling Kenai kings with kindness? Paper argues catch-and-release a death sentence for many fish.
By Craig Medred, December 8, 2013 A new theory has emerged to explain why the world’s largest king salmon are disappearing from Alaska’s Kenai River: Catch-and-release anglers are...
read moreSolution Needed for Cook Inlet Salmon
The Anchorage/ MatSu region is the major population center in Alaska and the fastest growing in Alaska. Cook Inlet, an integral part of the region, separates two of Alaska's major river systems, the Kenai River watershed, on the Kenai Peninsula and the Susitna River watershed, adjacent to Anchorage and the Mat-Su Valley.
read moreNorthern District fishermen also looking for solutions
Original Source: BY MOLLY DISCHNER, ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Upper Cook Inlet fishermen aren’t the only ones concerned for their future. In the Northern District, managers and users are worried...
read moreBoard tackles thorny Cook Inlet issues at statewide meeting
Original Source: BY MOLLY DISCHNER, ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE What to do when the Kenai River late-run king salmon may not meet escapement is up for discussion in Anchorage, in hopes that users and...
read moreGUEST COMMENTARY: Burden should be shared to conserve Kenai kings
Original Source: Alaska Journal of Commerce by Ricky Gease In response to the historic sport and commercial fishery closures during 2012, justified by the smallest return of Kenai kings ever...
read moreGUEST COMMENTARY: Solution needed for Cook Inlet salmon dilemma
Original Source: Alaska Journal of Commerce by Arni Thomson The Anchorage/MatSu region is the major population center in Alaska and the fastest growing area in Alaska. Cook Inlet, an integral part...
read moreGUEST COMMENTARY: Manage Inlet to protect Northern District stocks of concern
Original Article Source: Alaska Journal of Commerce by Bruce Knowles In 2012 Gov. Sean Parnell stepped out for the first time ever and declared a statewide king salmon fishing disaster; enormous...
read moreSpawning an Alliance for Salmon
The Alaska Salmon Alliance is a new organization comprising commercial fishermen and seafood processors on the Kenai Peninsula. They have joined together with the goal of preserving long-term opportunities, not just for themselves, but for all user groups dependent on the salmon stocks of Cook Inlet in Southcentral Alaska.
read moreSustainable Seafood Infographic
Check out this neat sustainable seafood infographic from One World One Ocean. Alaskan wild salmon are clearly the wise choice! (Click post to see download) [gview...
read moreBoard of Directors
Norm Darch, Executive Director
Mike Simpson, E&E Foods, VP of Alaska Operations (President)
Erik Huebsch, Kasilof Drift boat owner (Vice-President)
Janet Carroll, OBI Foods (Board Member)
Joseph Person, Setnet Fisherman (Board Member)
Richard King, Rogue Wave Processing (Board Member)
Robert Nathanson, OBI Foods (Alternate Member)
Ryan Doktor, E&E Foods, Plant manager (Alternate Member)
The Economic Value of Alaska's Seafood Industry
The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) is a public-private partnership between the State of Alaska and the Alaska seafood industry established to foster economic development of the state’s most valuable renewable natural resource.
Contact Information
Email: aksalmonalliance@gmail.com
Mail: PO Box 586, Kenai, AK 99611
Kenai Office
110 N. Willow St. #108
Kenai AK 99611
Phone: (907)395-7068