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Spit lagoon opens to snagging

Snagging will be allowed beginning Wednesday at noon

Gary Hollier pulls a sockeye salmon from a set gillnet at a test site for selective harvest setnet gear in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Setnetters see opportunity in shallower nets

State targets sockeye in Kenai test of selective harvest gear

Sockeye salmon carcasses line the shore at North Kenai Beach, Tuesday, July 25, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. The daily number of sockeye salmon counted by sonar in the Kenai River surpassed 100,000 for the first time this year on Tuesday. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai River dipnetting ends Monday, reporting due by Aug. 15

As of Sunday, around 1.25 million sockeye had been counted in the Kenai River’s late run

Local youth anglers participate in the 15-and-under king salmon fishery on Saturday, June 3, 2023, at the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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ADF&G opens youth coho fishery Saturday

The bag and possession limits for the youth fishery are six coho salmon of any size

Photo by Emilie Springer/ Homer News Homer residents support Bristol Bay salmon price protest in Homer on Saturday.

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Homer families support salmon price protest

A small group on Saturday gathered at the corner of the Fish Dock Road in Homer in support…

James Wardlow shows off a salmon filet ready to be hung and dried during a smoked salmon demonstration, part of Fish Week 2023, on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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To fillet a fish

Youth workshop showcases ways of preparing salmon

A sockeye salmon rests atop a cooler at the mouth of the Kasilof River on Monday, June 26, 2023, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Sockeye salmon counts spike in Kenai and Kasilof rivers

To date, around 140,000 sockeye have been counted on the Kenai

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion The waters of Cook Inlet lap against Nikishka Beach in Nikiski,<ins> Alaska,</ins> where several local fish sites are located, on Friday, March 24<ins>, 2023</ins>.

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Fish and Game says local setnet study may ‘solve decades-long struggle’

A study of setnet harvest selectivity for sockeye and king salmon will be conducted by the Department of…

Alaska Department of Fish and Game Black Rockfish sampling in Kodiak. Photo provided by ADFG.

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Rockfish Day education event is Saturday

Event seeks to raise awareness of harvest issues, safe rockfish release

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North America’s 1st known case of a rabid moose confirmed in western Alaska

ANCHORAGE — A moose in western Alaska has tested positive for rabies in the first apparent case of…

Hunter Kirby holds up the hatchery king salmon he bagged during the one-day youth fishery on the Ninilchik River on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 in Ninilchik, Alaska. Photo by Mike Booz

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Kids cast their lines

One-day fisheries provide opportunities for youth

The Russian River Sanctuary Area is seen in the area labeled B in this map provided by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

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Sport fishing at Russian River Sanctuary opens early

Predictions for sockeye run ‘good-sized’, triggers month-early opening

Local youth anglers participate in the 15-and-under king salmon fishery on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon in Homer, Alaska. This event, sponsored by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, is the first of two youth-only fisheries being held on the peninsula this month. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Local youth participate in king salmon fishery

Strong winds on the Homer Spit didn’t deter brave anglers from fishing Nick Dudiak Lagoon