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A rainbow trout is released in a restocking event at the 21st annual Kenai Peninsula Salmon Celebration in Kasilof on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Fish and Game taking public comment on stocking plan for local waters

The 2023 Stocking Plan outlines the locations, numbers, sizes and life stages for each species of fish that…

Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Seawatch: Sitka fishermen look to the future

‘The only thing that man controls is what we take’

The Kasilof River can be seen in June 2019. (Clarion file)

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State to update public on Kasilof boat retrieval

Alaska State Parks has acquired two lots on Williamson Drive in Kasilof for the project

Photo courtesy Fish and Wildlife 
Razor clams are seen in this undated photo.

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East Cook Inlet sport and personal use razor clam fisheries closed for 2023

An emergency order has been issued each year from 2015 to 2022 closing the fisheries

Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Seawatch: Proposals sought for salmon habitat studies

An opportunity to receive funding for salmon habitat studies on the Kenai Peninsula is becoming available, with the…

Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire
Two Dungeness crabs charge one another while standing on the deck of Charlie Blattner’s boat named “Marco” berthed at the Aurora Harbor on Monday afternoon. According to data from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, this summer’s Dungeness crab fishery dropped around $10 million in value compared to last year.

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Dungeness crab summer harvest drops $10M from previous season

Some Southeast fishermen skipping fall season entirely, other’s say season has been “hit or miss”

Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Making sense of the Bristol Bay sockeye run

As expected, the Bristol Bay sockeye salmon run broke records in almost every category. The run itself came…

Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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One half of gubernatorial slate shows up to talk fish in Kodiak

Not all candidates showed up, with one noticeable, glaring absence:

Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Seawatch: Magnuson-Stevens Act gets rewrite

The MSA dictates how federal fisheries are conducted.

Nick Varney

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Reeling ‘Em In: And it’s a wrap: Nick writes his last report for the summer

Labor Day weekend was a bit temperamental at the beginning.

Nick Varney

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Reeling ‘Em In: Thunder frightens humans and mutts, but the cohos still are bitin’

Last Sunday, while piloting our ancient Dell through a fog of dense concentration of fishing data, our semi-new…

Nick Varney

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Reeling ‘Em In: Target silvers at first light — wait: What light?

Well now, August has just about jetted through its allotment of solar days and should be deeply embarrassed…

NOAA Administrator Dr. Richard Spinrad speaks at the Kenai Classic Roundtable at Kenai Peninsula College on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022 near Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Bycatch stirs debate at fisheries roundtable

Bycatch was the issue du jour at last Wednesday’s annual Kenai Classic Roundtable on Fisheries.