Fish News
Fish board to take up setnet petition
Posted: April 1, 2014 – 9:35pm By MOLLY DISCHNER Morris News Service-Alaska Alaska Journal of Commerce The Alaska Board of Fisheries will consider one of three recently submitted emergency...
read moreReconsideration on BOF setnet changes?
Cook Inlet fishermen ask BOF to reconsider setnet changes By Molly Dischner Published: 2014.03.20 11:38 AM Cook Inlet fishermen submitted emergency petitions to the Board of Fisheries this morning...
read moreResources For All Alaskans files against Set Netter Ban initiative
Group Files Amicus Brief in Support of Treadwell in Defending Against So-Called “Conservation” Lawsuit Resources for All Alaskans has filed an amicus brief in support of the State of Alaska’s...
read moreDipnetting on the Kenai Peninsula
As this article mentions, the Board of Fisheries did not act on any proposals regarding the state’s dipnet fisheries at the Upper Cook Inlet meeting in February. The City of Kenai will be...
read moreEPA to protect Bristol Bay salmon fishery in move that could lead to Pebble mine veto
JUNEAU — A federal agency announced Friday it was moving to protect the Bristol Bay watershed, home to the world’s largest sockeye salmon runs, under an obscure element of the Clean...
read moreBoard of Fish starts down slippery slope to undermine commercial seafood in Cook Inlet
SEAFOOD.COM by John Sackton – February 17, 2014 The Alaska Board of Fish failed to stand up to the recreational lobby, and ended their session on Cook Inlet salmon by taking two measures to...
read moreTalk of Alaska 2/18/14
ASA President Paul Dale was a guest on “Talk of Alaska” last Tuesday on the Alaska Public Radio Network. The subject of the show was “Cook Inlet Fishing Rule Changes”. You...
read moreGoals being set to ensure failure
[Ken Tarbox is a retired fisheries biologist] Peninsula Clarion Posted: February 14, 2014 – 8:39am By Ken Tarbox Soldotna The Board of Fish meeting is just about over and unless a last second...
read moreBOF changes commercial drift fishing in Cook Inlet
By Rashah McChesney / Peninsula Clarion / February 10, 2014 On Monday, the Alaska Board of Fisheries approved several changes to the Central District Drift Gillnet Fishery Management Plan outlined...
read moreBoard of Fisheries Update: Setnetters’ fishing time for sockeye may depend on strength of king run
By Cristy Fry / SEAWATCH / Homer News 2/8/14 The Alaska Board of Fisheries hammered out a Kenai River king salmon fisheries plan that left the setnetters looking at possibly having only 12 hours of...
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