Fisheries panel brings fishers from all user groups to the table

By Rashah McChesney Peninsula Clarion                  January 22, 2014 – 10:38pm More than 130 people had lunch together at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center where a panel of representatives from many of the fishing groups in the Cook Inlet...

Group behind effort to ban Cook Inlet setnets files appeal

By Molly Dischner, Alaska Journal of Commerce  Published: 2014.01.22 03:35 PM The Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance will appeal the state’s decision to reject its proposed ballot initiative that would ban setnetters in Cook Inlet. In November, AFCA submitted...

Kenai kings face long odds, but it’s not too late

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...

ASA on KTUU

Check out the news coverage from KTUU regarding Lt. Gov. Treadwell’s rejection of the proposed ballot initiative that would have effectively banned setnetting from Cook Inlet. via | Local News – KTUU.com Anchorage.