UFA critical of proposal to reallocate salmon

Nov 26, 2013 | Articles

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 from United Fishermen of Alaska. UFA, the statewide commercial fishing...

Fish Wars Heat Up

Nov 26, 2013 | Articles, Opinion

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 gear type and licensing, the type of controversy that’s become more...

Response to Craig Medred, Set net bycatch article

Nov 26, 2013 | Articles, Opinion

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 full here. Dear Dispatch, I am supremely disappointed in the article you...

Letter to the editor: Limits for all

Nov 26, 2013 | Articles, Opinion

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 impacts the Kenai on two fronts. One being the sheer number of kings...