Fish News
Fish Wars Heat Up
By Scott Christiansen There’s an established fishery war on the Kenai Peninsula that heated up in recent weeks on two battlefronts: politics and news media. The feud is yet another struggle over...
read moreResponse to Craig Medred, Set net bycatch article
This letter was provided to the Alaska Salmon Alliance by its author prior to being printed in the Alaska Dispatch (to which it is addressed) or any other entity. Thus, it has been reproduced in...
read moreLetter to the editor: Limits for all
By Peter E. Cannava With all the discussion concerning the Kenai River King salmon I am surprised that the issue of excessive guide pressure has not been brought up. The” commercial” guide industry...
read moreLetter to the editor: Limits for all
By Peter E. Cannava With all the discussion concerning the Kenai River King salmon I am surprised that the issue of excessive guide pressure has not been brought up. The” commercial” guide industry...
read moreSalmon deserve attention
By Howard Delo The Mat-Su Basin Salmon Partnership Symposium titled “Healthy Salmon, Healthy Communities” was held last week in Palmer. The partnership was formed in 2005 to address the increasing...
read moreKenai kings need more spawning protection
Posted: November 24, 2013 – 10:31am | Updated: November 25, 2013 – 1:08pm By Dwight Kramer In recent years we have seen a troubling pattern of near record low returns of both early and...
read moreMat-Su Salmon Symposium Wrapup
The 6th annual Mat-Su Salmon Symposium was another great success thanks to the dedication, input and perspectives of many. This year’s theme was healthy salmon, healthy communities with Keynote...
read moreAJOC EDITORIAL: Legal, historic harvest is not bycatch
By Andrew Jensen, Managing editor “Words have meaning, and names have power.” The word of the day is bycatch, and those who would use it against Cook Inlet setnetters well understand the power of...
read moreKings drive news, but sockeye users drive Inlet economy – Morris Communications Series
By Rashah McChesney, Morris News Service-Alaska/Peninsula Clarion There are very few things that can immediately quantify the declining value of sport fishing for Kenai River king salmon as quickly...
read moreMat-Su Borough approves salmon protections for culverts
By MOLLY DISCHNER, ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE As fishing organizations throughout Southcentral gear up for the contentious Cook Inlet fisheries meetings this winter, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough...
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