Opinion
Initiative would ban setnetting in Cook Inlet
The effort by a new group calling itself the Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance to put a ballot initiative…
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Bairdi tanner crab fisheries closed in many areas for 2014
The small boat fleet got some bad, but not unexpected news that the Bairdi tanner crab fisheries in…
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D.C. impasse may hurt Bering Sea crab fishery
The on-going impasse in Washington, D.C., that has resulted in hundreds of thousands of federal workers being furloughed…
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Pinks return in record numbers; that’s not the case with other salmon
By most accounts, the 2013 salmon season in Alaska was a barn-burner. The Alaska Department of Fish and…
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Homer group receives grant for electronic monitoring
Homer-based North Pacific Fisheries Association has received a $147,400 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Fisheries Innovation Fund grant…
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New research: All fisheries important to food security on peninsula
The Kenai River Sportfishing Association has used elements of a recently released study about food security on the…
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Cod pot fleet hauls in gear with quota in water
For the first time since its inception, the state-waters Pacific cod pot fleet quit fishing with a substantial…
Opinion
NMFMC fails to clarify observer program
The Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association’s attempt to get the North Pacific Fishery Management Council to clarify the objectives…
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Fishing vessels wanted for energy audit pilot project
The Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation is seeking vessel owners for a fishing vessel energy audit pilot program. The…
Opinion
Sitka sac roe herring fishery gets underway
The Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery got underway last week with two openings March 27 and 28…
Opinion
Board of Fish does not act on task force proposals
The Alaska Board of Fisheries met last week to look at statewide finfish issues, and took up a…
Opinion
Mat-Su blames drift fishery for poor runs
Bruce Knowles, chairman of the Mat-Su borough’s Fish and Wildlife Commission, is urging sport fishermen to…
Opinion
Pot cod season not as good as in past years
Alaska Department of Fish and Game Homer area management biologist Jan Rumble confirmed last week what fishermen have…