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...

Salmon deserve attention

Nov 26, 2013 | Articles, Opinion

By Howard Delo The Mat-Su Basin Salmon Partnership Symposium titled “Healthy Salmon, Healthy Communities” was held last week in Palmer. The partnership was formed in 2005 to address the increasing impacts on salmon habitat in the Mat-Su from human use and development...

Kenai kings need more spawning protection

Nov 26, 2013 | Articles, Opinion

Posted: November 24, 2013 – 10:31am  |  Updated: November 25, 2013 – 1:08pm By Dwight Kramer In recent years we have seen a troubling pattern of near record low returns of both early and late run Kenai River chinook salmon. We believe the declines in...

Mat-Su Salmon Symposium Wrapup

Nov 26, 2013 | Events

The 6th annual Mat-Su Salmon Symposium was another great success thanks to the dedication, input and perspectives of many. This year’s theme was healthy salmon, healthy communities with Keynote speaker David Batker, Co-founder, Executive Director and Chief Economist...

AJOC EDITORIAL: Legal, historic harvest is not bycatch

Nov 15, 2013 | Articles

By Andrew Jensen, Managing editor “Words have meaning, and names have power.” The word of the day is bycatch, and those who would use it against Cook Inlet setnetters well understand the power of words. The quote is attributable to Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, the...