Questions remain about king counts after Fish and Game shifts to high-tech sonar

Dec 16, 2013 | Articles

By Rashah McChesney – Peninsula Clarion Editor’s note: This is the sixth story in the Morris Communications series “The case for conserving the Kenai king salmon.” In the continuing saga of Kenai River king salmon management during the current period of low...

Kenai Area Fisherman’s Coalition Letter to Lt. Gov. – Anti-setnet Ban

Dec 15, 2013 | Articles

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Bigger red salmon run forecast for Alaska’s Cook Inlet next summer

Dec 15, 2013 | Articles

Cordova Times – December 14, 2013 State fisheries research biologists forecast a run of 6.1 million sockeye salmon into Upper Cook Inlet in next summer, with a harvest of 4.3 million reds. That’s good news for commercial and sport fishermen, who landed 3.5...

Management challenge: Inlet ‘fish wars’ escalate as king productivity ebbs

Dec 15, 2013 | Articles, Opinion

By Andrew Jensen, Managing editor – Alaska Journal of Commerce Editor’s note: This is the seventh in the Morris Communications series, “The case for conserving the Kenai king salmon.” It’s a lesson every elected official in Alaska learns firsthand sooner or...

Management challenge: Inlet ‘fish wars’ escalate as king productivity ebbs

Dec 15, 2013 | Articles, Opinion

By Andrew Jensen, Managing editor – Alaska Journal of Commerce Editor’s note: This is the seventh in the Morris Communications series, “The case for conserving the Kenai king salmon.” It’s a lesson every elected official in Alaska learns firsthand sooner or...

Cook Inlet commercial interests launch all-out attack on personal use and sport fishing

Dec 15, 2013 | Articles

By Kevin Delaney,  December 12, 2013 OPINION: Fighting over fish in the Upper Cook Inlet is nothing new. Both sport and commercial groups have has aggressively sought to a share of the catch for years. But the current attack on personal use and sport fishing by...