Alaska 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 Inlet Salmon Dialogue. Two meetings were dedicated to various groups and...

2014 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 Mat-su rivers, and a lack of opportunity for commercial fishing on this...