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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
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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…
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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”
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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…
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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:
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Seawatch: Magnuson-Stevens Act gets rewrite
The MSA dictates how federal fisheries are conducted.
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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.
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ADFG commissioner to setnetters: Take up closures with fisheries board
The closure was triggered when the state closed the Kenai River drainage to king salmon fishing
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Kenai River dipnetting opens this month
The Kenai River personal use dipnet fishery opens July 10
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Court ruling reopens part of Cook Inlet to commercial salmon fishing
The United Cook Inlet Drift Association called the court’s ruling a “victory”
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Seawatch: Halibut prices may drop soon
Halibut prices reached unprecedented levels this spring, but may be about to come down from the stratosphere soon…
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Board of Fish votes no on Proposal 283
The proposal would have loosened restrictions for set gillnetters in a part of Cook Inlet
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Seawatch: Bristol Bay sockeye run could stress processors
Some Bristol Bay fishermen have been expressing anxiety about the ability of area processors to handle the huge…