Fish News
Recent Media on the Anti-Setnetter Initiative
The Bob Penney/AFCA proposed ballot initiative to ban setnetting is currently being opposed by the State of Alaska in an appeal to the state Supreme Court. While the appeal is pending, signatures...
read moreASA’s Year-End Report for 2014
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read moreSummary of 2013 Commercial Fisheries’ Economic Significance in Southcentral AK
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read moreAlaska Senate Resources Committee Hearings – March, 2014
In March of 2014 the Alaska State Senate Resources Committee, chaired by Sen. Cathy Giessel, invited Cook Inlet salmon stakeholders to make presentations to the Committee to enable an Upper Cook...
read moreInclusive transition team earns high praise – Homer News SeaWatch
By Cristy Fry The newly elected “unity team” of Gov. Bill Walker and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott have received praise from all sides about their inclusive transition team of 250 Alaskans from all walks...
read moreDr. Kate Myers discussed Chinook salmon at the Mat-Su Symposium
One of the keynote speakers at the Mat-Su Salmon Science and Conservation Symposium was internationally recognized fisheries scientist Dr. Katherine Myers. She is recently retired from the...
read moreMat-Su Salmon Science and Conservation Symposium
ASA’s Executive Director Arni Thomson is on the Steering Committee of the Mat-Su Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership. An annual science symposium is one of the Partnership’s tools for...
read more2014 Upper Cook Inlet salmon season summary
The 2014 Upper Cook Inlet salmon fishery netted the third-highest ex-vessel value in the past ten years. This was in spite of the foregone value of overescapements into the Kasilof, Kenai and some...
read moreState of Alaska continues to oppose ballot-box fishery management
State will appeal ruling allowing setnet ban initiative By Molly Dischner, Alaska Journal of Commerce Published: 2014.08.07 11:45 AM The State of Alaska will appeal a Superior Court decision...
read moreSetnetter Ban Ballot Initiative Opposition
The Peninsula Clarion published the following editorial: Setnet initiative inappropriate for fish regs Posted: July 31, 2014 – 7:21pm | Updated: August 1, 2014 – 8:46am …A ballot...
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