aksalmon, Author at Alaska Salmon Alliance

Questions remain about king counts after Fish and Game shifts to high-tech sonar

Dec 16, 2013 | Articles

By Rashah McChesney – Peninsula Clarion Editor’s note: This is the sixth story in the Morris Communications series “The case for conserving the Kenai king salmon.” In the continuing saga of Kenai River king salmon management during the current period of low...

Kenai Area Fisherman’s Coalition Letter to Lt. Gov. – Anti-setnet Ban

Dec 15, 2013 | Articles

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Bigger red salmon run forecast for Alaska’s Cook Inlet next summer

Dec 15, 2013 | Articles

Cordova Times – December 14, 2013 State fisheries research biologists forecast a run of 6.1 million sockeye salmon into Upper Cook Inlet in next summer, with a harvest of 4.3 million reds. That’s good news for commercial and sport fishermen, who landed 3.5...

Management challenge: Inlet ‘fish wars’ escalate as king productivity ebbs

Dec 15, 2013 | Articles, Opinion

By Andrew Jensen, Managing editor – Alaska Journal of Commerce Editor’s note: This is the seventh in the Morris Communications series, “The case for conserving the Kenai king salmon.” It’s a lesson every elected official in Alaska learns firsthand sooner or...

Management challenge: Inlet ‘fish wars’ escalate as king productivity ebbs

Dec 15, 2013 | Articles, Opinion

By Andrew Jensen, Managing editor – Alaska Journal of Commerce Editor’s note: This is the seventh in the Morris Communications series, “The case for conserving the Kenai king salmon.” It’s a lesson every elected official in Alaska learns firsthand sooner or...