By road, lake and river: Boats make their way to Bristol Bay

By Molly Dischner, For the Clarion – June 20, 2015 Editor’s note: This is the first of two parts in reporter Molly Dischner’s journey with a Homer fishing family to Bristol Bay on the eve of sockeye season. PILE BAY – It’s noon, Iliamna Lake is calm, and half a...

Report: $1.2 billion of output from Southcentral fishing

By DJ Summers, Alaska Journal of Commerce Published: 2015.06.17 02:43 PM Seafood employs more people in Southcentral than mining in the entire state, pays out more in Anchorage than construction, and has enough management and logistics infrastructure in Anchorage to...

Examining anti-setnet group’s claims about ‘bycatch’

By Laine Welch, Fish Factor/For the Alaska Journal of Commerce Published: 2015.06.17 02:43 PM A one-handed clap best describes the reaction to the 43,000-signature drop off by anti-salmon setnet advocates at the Division of Elections last week. It means enough...

Anti-setnet group scrubs site after submitting signatures

Posted: June 10, 2015 – 5:38pm  | By By DJ Summers Alaska Journal of Commerce After the Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance submitted 43,000 signatures on June 10 to the Alaska Division of Elections seeking a 2016 ballot initiative that would ban setnets in...

Anti-setnet group scrubs site after submitting signatures

By DJ Summers, Alaska Journal of Commerce – June 10, 2015 Editor’s note: At the bottom of this story is a response from the Kenai River Sportfishing Association regarding their inclusion on the AFCA donation page. After the Alaska Fisheries Conservation...