New fisheries advocacy group plots strategy

By Rashah McChesney Peninsula Clarion April 25, 2014 – 9:59am Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion In this August 8, 2012 file photo commercial setnet fishers pick a net during a calm day in the Cook Inlet. Resources for All Alaskans, a group formed to...

Court hears oral argument in setnet ban initiative appeal

By Molly Dischner, Alaska Journal of Commerce Published: 2014.04.22 11:06 PM The Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance and the State of Alaska each made a case to an Anchorage Superior Court judge today about why — or why not — a proposed ballot initiative to ban...

Commercial groups rip board during Cook Inlet ‘fish week’

By Bob Tkacz, For the Journal Published: 2014.04.08 10:11 AM JUNEAU — The ethics, expertise and ability of the Board of Fisheries members were questioned during an unusual three-day hearing on Cook Inlet salmon issues held by the Senate Resources Committee in the last...