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By Alexandra Gutierrez, APRN – Juneau<\/a> | November 6, 2013 – 3:11 pm<\/div>\n

Between oil taxes, marijuana regulation, mining, and the minimum wage, there\u2019s a mess of ballot issues that Alaskans will have to decide on next summer. But a group of sportfishermen and guides is already looking toward 2016. They\u2019ve introduced an initiative that would ban commercial set-net operations in the state\u2019s urban areas, including Cook Inlet. APRN\u2019s Alexandra Gutierrez reports.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Joe Connors operates a charter outfit on the Kenai Peninsula. His Big Sky Fishcamp has lots of amenities. There are cabins with names like \u201cthe Hawaiian Hut\u201d and the \u201cHacienda of Happy Jose.\u201d But the big attraction is obviously the fishing. If you go to Connors\u2019 website<\/a>, you\u2019ll see photos of massive king salmon caught by proud clients.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s just one big snag with his operation. In recent years, he\u2019s had fewer kings to fish. With lower returns, the state has had to put fishing limits on the valuable stock.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou couldn\u2019t troll out off the mouth of the Deep Creek or Anchor or Ninilchik [Rivers]. That was closed,\u201d says Connors. \u201cIn the river, they had us fishing with single hook, no bait, and restricted to the lower 10 miles of the river.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, Connors is heading up a new group called the Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance, and their goal is to shut down the commercial set-net fishery in the area.<\/p>\n

Due to copyright law, the Alaska Salmon Alliance cannot repost articles in full. You can read this article in its entirety here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

KDLL\u2019s Shaylon Cochran and APRN\u2019s Lori Townsend contributed reporting to this story. This story has also been updated to include additional information from ADFG.<\/em><\/p>\n

Because the Alaska Salmon Alliance wish to provide a wide breadth of information, we sometimes provide links and documents that may conflict or present only one perspective on an issue.\u00a0 Because of that, we feel it is important to note that none of the content provided on our website necessarily represents the views or opinions of the Alaska Salmon Alliance, excepting, of course, those articles authored by us.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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