Jan 17, 2014 | Articles, Opinion
By Frank Mullen The Kenai king controversy has connected some dots for me. I was born in Alaska in 1950 and raised on the banks of the Kenai River. I have collected empirical data (“a source of knowledge acquired by means of observation”) with regard to Kenai kings...
Jan 17, 2014 | Articles, Opinion
By Bob Shavelson, Cook Inlet Keeper Morris Communications is the Georgia-based media group that owns the Peninsula Clarion, Homer News, Juneau Empire, Alaska Journal of Commerce and numerous other media holdings in Alaska. In November, company chairman William Morris...
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...
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...
Nov 26, 2013 | Articles, Opinion
By Zach Hill November 21, 2013 The Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance (AFCA) recently announced plans to seek approval to gather signatures for a future statewide ballot initiative seeking to prohibit setnets from urban areas, including Anchorage, Fairbanks,...
Nov 26, 2013 | Articles, Opinion
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...
