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Derotha Ferraro from the fishing vessel Big Game poses with the king salmon she caught in the Anchor Point King Salmon Calcutta on Sunday, May 12, 2019, in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Bill Scott)

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Anchor Point King Salmon Tournament kicks off this weekend

The 28th annual Anchor Point King Salmon Calcutta and Tournament will be held this Friday and Saturday.

A sockeye salmon’s tail protrudes above the edge of a bin on a setnet site July 11, 2016, near Kenai, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion file photo)

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Local fishers speak up for buyback bill

S.B. 82, sponsored by Sen. Jesse Bjorkman, R-Nikiski, would create the voluntary program

Cook Inletkeeper Science Director Sue Mauger speaks in front of a packed crowd during a panel discussion for the Kenai Peninsula College Showcase “State of the Salmon” on Wednesday, April 20, 2023, at KPC in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Showcase paints a grim picture for future of salmon

Warming waters, more numerous predators, bycatch, parasites, increased competition all point to tremendous difficulty in species resurgence

Raymond Bradbury preserves his salmon while dipnetting in the mouth of the Kenai River on Saturday, July 10, 2021. (Camille Botello / Peninsula Clarion)

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Fish and Game projects ‘average’ sockeye run for 2023 season

Annual projection and review of last season published last week

Resurrection Bay is photographed from Seward, Alaska, in March 2018. (Staff/Peninsula Clarion)

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Rockfish limits in Cook Inlet, Resurrection Bay reduced

The change is being implemented in response to substantial increases of rockfish harvest in those areas

Department of Fish and Game Northern Kenai Peninsula Area Manager Colton Lipka speaks to the Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee during a meeting on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Fish and Game releases memo on Cook Inlet escapement goals

The information is intended to be used during a board work session next year

The Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee meets on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, at Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Advisory Committee to make proposals to change fishing regulation

The Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Soldotna Regional Sports…

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The waters of Cook Inlet lap against Nikishka Beach in Nikiski, Alaska, where several local fish sites are located, on Friday, March 24, 2023.

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Unprecedented closures threaten setnet way of life

Setnetters have been vocal about their opposition to the way their fishery is managed

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Tournament champion Gail Bilyeu, center, holds the winning fish during the Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament awards ceremony on Saturday. Pictured right are the tournament’s previous two champions, Weston and Andrew Marley.

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Gail Bilyeu wins 29th annual Homer winter king salmon tournament

Bilyeu’s fish weighed in at 26.12 pounds

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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.

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Winter king tournament rescheduled for Saturday

The event was postponed last weekend due to weather

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)

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Winter king tournament postponed

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

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)

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Winter king tournament this weekend

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

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)

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Board of Fisheries approves regulation changes

Changes include simplified registration and new invasive species