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Seawatch: Fisheries asking for disaster relief

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Seawatch: Fisheries asking for disaster relief

Five legislators ask Dunleavy for disaster declaration

Reeling ‘Em In: Nick wraps up his summer fishing column

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Reeling ‘Em In: Nick wraps up his summer fishing column

It was a short, strange, summer but it looks like the season for doubling the layers of my…

Reeling ‘Em In: Nick offers tips for catching those cohos

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Reeling ‘Em In: Nick offers tips for catching those cohos

I’m still receiving complaints that the smug silvers are continuing to drive some of you nuts at the…

Reeling ‘Em In: Silvers are still not strong in Fishing Hole

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Reeling ‘Em In: Silvers are still not strong in Fishing Hole

While Turk and I were watching the water evaporate at The Fishing Hole early last week, a guy…

Reeling ‘Em In: Nick offers tips on catching those Fishin’ Hole kings

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Reeling ‘Em In: Nick offers tips on catching those Fishin’ Hole kings

Last Sunday, around o-dark-thirty, the action heated up at the Spit’s fishing lagoon, according to its mayor, Tom,…

Anglers stand by a rack of halibut on the Irish as the North Country Charters boat returned to Homer in July 2017. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News file photo)

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Halibut regulations updated for charters

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has provided clarification on recent revisions to regulations for halibut charter fishermen.

A king salmon during the 67th annual Golden North Salmon Derby at the Don D. Statter Memorial Boat Harbor in August 2013. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire

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Kings sport fishing closed on Kenai River, limited on Kasilof River

Early-run king salmon emergency orders on Kenai, Kasilof Rivers to last through June 30

Seafood companies plan to merge parts of their operations

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Seafood companies plan to merge parts of their operations

Comapny shares plans to merge parts of their operations.

Salmon can be seen in the waters of Bear Lake, near Seward, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Kenny Regan)

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State provides additional guidelines for setnetters

As commercial fishing season ramps up in Alaska amid the global novel coronavirus pandemic, the state has provided…

Fishing charters ask for modified regulations during COVID-19 pandemic

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Fishing charters ask for modified regulations during COVID-19 pandemic

With their regular stream of out-of-state tourists significantly dried up, fishing charter operations are looking to lure Alaskans…

Seawatch: Busy news week in fisheries

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Seawatch: Busy news week in fisheries

It has been a busy week in the fishing industry, from a spate of false distress calls in…

Chris Giegerich holds a monster halibut he caught on the F/V Huntress with Capt. Josh Brooks on May 3, 2020, while fishing in lower Cook Inlet with his family. (Photo courtesy of Joleen Brooks, F/V Huntress)

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Angler catches monster halibut

A monster halibut caught on May 3 by Chris Giegerich would have been a contender last year —…

Seawatch: UFA holds seminar on new health mandates

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Seawatch: UFA holds seminar on new health mandates

United Fishermen of Alaska, with some financial help from Icicle Seafoods, held an informative webinar last week on…