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    Fishing
    The 28th annual Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament winner Weston Marley holds up the 27.38-pound winter king salmon he caught on Sunday, April 10, 2022, in Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Winter king tournament postponed
    By Delcenia Cosman • March 18, 2023 1:30 am

    The Homer Chamber of Commerce announced at 6:30 a.m. today that the 2023 Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament is postponed…

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    The 28th annual Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament winner Weston Marley holds up the 27.38-pound winter king salmon he caught on Sunday, April 10, 2022, in Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Winter king tournament this weekend
    By Delcenia Cosman • March 16, 2023 1:30 am

    The 29th annual Winter King Salmon Tournament will take place on Saturday, March 18.

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    Glen Trombley, a Kenai River personal use guide, testifies to the Alaska Board of Fisheries during the 2023 Statewide Finfish Meeting on March 10, 2023 at the Egan Civic & Convention Center in Anchorage Alaska. (Screenshot)
    Board of Fisheries approves regulation changes
    By Jacob Dye • March 13, 2023 1:30 am

    Changes include simplified registration and new invasive species

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    The Alaska Board of Fisheries discusses three emergency petitions directed at Cook Inlet East Side Set Net closures during the 2023 Statewide Finfish Meeting on Monday, March 13, 2023, at the Egan Civic & Convention Center in Anchorage Alaska. (Screenshot)
    Fisheries board rejects local anglers’ emergency petitions
    By Jacob Dye • March 13, 2023 1:30 am

    Each of the petitions was rejected for failing to meet the board’s definition of an emergency

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    Dipnetters can be seen here fishing in the Kenai River on July 10, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion file)
    Board of Fisheries to meet
    By Jacob Dye • March 6, 2023 1:30 am

    March 10 through March 13, the board will meet at the Egan Civic Convention Center to discuss 19 proposals

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    A man fishes in the Kenai River on July 16, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion/file)
    Low king salmon forecasts spur fishing restrictions
    By Jacob Dye • March 3, 2023 1:30 am

    Most of the orders concern closures of various fisheries

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    Alaska Department of Fish and Game Northern Kenai Peninsula Area Manager Colton Lipka shares information with Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Council Chair Mike Crawford as the advisory council deliberates their position on a proposal to the Board of Fish during a meeting at Cook Inlet Aquaculture in Kenai, Alaska on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Advisory council wraps up Fish and Game recommendations
    By Jacob Dye • February 17, 2023 1:30 am

    The Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Council met Thursday to discuss their position on the final set of proposals to…

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    Commission releases halibut quotas
    Commission releases halibut quotas
    By Cristy Fry • February 2, 2023 9:00 am

    The International Pacific Halibut Commission has released the quotas for the 2023 season, and they seem to be more aligned…

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    Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Lawsuit threatens to shut down Southeast salmon troll...
    By Cristy Fry • January 25, 2023 2:30 am

    The Seattle-based group Wild Fish Conservancy filed suit last year

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    Homer seine vessels Allie B and Hadassah on Friday Jan. 20 in the Kodiak Harbor. Photo from Ivan Stonorov.
    Kodiak Tanner crab fishermen stand down until processors...
    By Emilie Springer • January 25, 2023 1:30 am

    Boats have been packed into the Kodiak harbor since the first week of January.

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    Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion
Mike Crawford, Chair of the Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee, writes the language of an amendment to Board of Game Proposal 105, passed unanimously by the committee during a meeting on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association in Kenai, Alaska.
    Advisory committee votes on recommendations for Board of...
    By Jacob Dye • January 25, 2023 1:30 am

    Proposals discussed Monday included those related to hunting ducks, sheep, goats, moose and ptarmigan on the Kenai Peninsula

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    Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Price dispute puts crab fishery on hold
    By Cristy Fry • January 18, 2023 2:30 am

    The Kodiak bairdi Tanner crab fishery was slated to open on Jan. 15 with a quota of 5.8 million pounds.

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    Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Seawatch: Fisheries bills filed ahead of legislative session
    By Cristy Fry • January 11, 2023 2:30 am

    Topics include development of regional fisheries associations and laying out what constitutes a conflict of interest for Board of Fisheries members.

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    • Meet your neighbor: Red Bird Kitchen
    • Homer Epic lives up to its name
    • Halibut and black cod fisheries get off to slow start
    • Point of view: Peninsula teens need comprehensive sexual health education

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