Fish News
Initiative to Ban Set Gillnetting Press Release
This press release comes from Bob Penney and the board of the Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance Inc. This initiative represents an effort to eliminate by public ballot initiative the set...
read moreAlaska Salmon Alliance Resolution to Support Setnetting in Cook Inlet
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read moreASA BoF Johnstone Letter & Response
The Board of Directors of the Alaska Salmon Alliance would like to express their overall appreciation in regards to the process and the outcome of recent Board of Fisheries actions on the Kenai River Late Run King Salmon Management Plan.
read moreMorris Communications presents “The case for conserving the Kenai king salmon”
By WILLIAM S. MORRIS III/Chairman and CEO/Morris Communications Co. Published: 2013.10.30 11:00 PM For many years we have watched the ebb and flow of salmon in Alaska’s waters; in particular, the...
read moreKRSA initiative to save kings misleading
By Frank Mullen The Kenai River Sportfishing Association is currently pursuing an aggressive campaign to “Save our Kenai Kings.” Perhaps you have heard their radio ads or seen their networking on...
read moreUFA critical of proposal to reallocate salmon
Posted 11/16/2013By Margaret Bauman A proposal by sport fishermen on the Kenai Peninsula to ban commercial set net fishing in Cook Inlet, and other areas of Alaska considered urban is drawing fire...
read moreUnder guise of conservation, anti-setnet initiative seeks to reallocate Cook Inlet salmon
By Zach Hill November 21, 2013 The Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance (AFCA) recently announced plans to seek approval to gather signatures for a future statewide ballot initiative seeking to...
read moreFish Wars Heat Up
By Scott Christiansen There’s an established fishery war on the Kenai Peninsula that heated up in recent weeks on two battlefronts: politics and news media. The feud is yet another struggle over...
read moreResponse to Craig Medred, Set net bycatch article
This letter was provided to the Alaska Salmon Alliance by its author prior to being printed in the Alaska Dispatch (to which it is addressed) or any other entity. Thus, it has been reproduced in...
read moreLetter to the editor: Limits for all
By Peter E. Cannava With all the discussion concerning the Kenai River King salmon I am surprised that the issue of excessive guide pressure has not been brought up. The” commercial” guide industry...
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