Commercial fishermen aren’t the bad guys in Cook Inlet
It’s July, and fishing families up and down the Kenai Peninsula awaken early to take part in a seasonal tradition: the Cook Inlet salmon run.
It’s July, and fishing families up and down the Kenai Peninsula awaken early to take part in a seasonal tradition: the Cook Inlet salmon run.
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The Kenai River Late-Run King Salmon Management Plan was developed to ensure the achievement of the Kenai River late-run king salmon sustainable escapement goal while providing reasonable harvest opportunity for all stakeholders.
Alaska Salmon Alliance’s First annual “Return of the Reds” event at Pacific Star Seafoods dock to celebrate the start of the salmon season on the Kenai Peninsula was great and we wish to thank The Flats Bistro and the Hearth Eatery for picking up some fresh salmon for their menus.
The smell of grilled salmon wafted across the dock of Pacific Star Seafoods on a warm and sunny lunchtime Tuesday.
The Alaska Salmon Alliance, a trade organization representing seafood processors on the Kenai Peninsula, provided the salmon feed as a benefit to the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank. They dubbed it the “Return of the Reds,” and hope to make it an annual event.
Cook Inlet fishermen are looking forward to their salmon season with high hopes that the sockeye will arrive in better numbers than last year.
On June 11, fishermen and processors grilled up some of the first Cook Inlet salmon of the year at the Pacific Star processing plant in Kenai, gathering to build excitement for the coming season.