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 gear type and licensing, the type of controversy that’s become more...

Response 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 full here. Dear Dispatch, I am supremely disappointed in the article you...

Letter 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 impacts the Kenai on two fronts. One being the sheer number of kings...

Letter 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 impacts the Kenai on two fronts. One being the sheer number of kings...

Salmon 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 impacts on salmon habitat in the Mat-Su from human use and development...