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Weston Marley, second from left, holds up the 27.38-pound winter king salmon he caught to win the 28th annual Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament on Sunday, April 10, 2022, in Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska. Marley, 15, fished on the Fly Dough with his father, Jay Marley, left, and brother, Andrew Marley, center. Joining them are Zach Marley, far right, and mom Erica Marley, second from right. It's the second year a Marley boy won the tournament, with Andrew taking first place for a 25.62-pound king in 2021. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Team Marley wins again

For the second year in a row, a Marley boy wins the Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament.

Andrew Marley, the 2021 Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament winner, at left, holds his prize winning 25.62-pound white king salmon on Saturday, April 17, on the Homer Spit in Homer. Helping him are his father, Jay Marley, center, and older brother Weston Marley, right. The family team included Erica Marley, not shown, all fishing on the Fly Dough. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Winter King postponed to Sunday

The 28th annual Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament has been postponed to Sunday.

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: Coast Guard was in news last week

The U.S. Coast Guard is in the news a lot this week, from a scathing report from federal…

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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Salmon runs projected to be weaker than average

A run of around 4.97 million sockeye is projected to return to Upper Cook Inlet

The City of Kenai Boat Launch into Cook Inlet is photographed May 14, 2020. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Copper River Seafoods halting Kenai operations this salmon season

The company salmon cited the fisheries management plan, rising production costs and the poor forecast

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: Halibut season starts, but with no deliveries yet

Halibut dock prices could hit $8 a pound.

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: Dismal sockeye run return forecast for Upper Cook Inlet

Fish and Game says 2022 sockeye run will be 1 million fewer than last year.

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: IPHC raises total halibut removals from all fisheries

The International Pacific Halibut Commission finished up their annual meeting last week by raising total halibut removals from…

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: Eight fisheries qualify for disaster declarations

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that eight fisheries, from salmon to cod to Tanner crab,…

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: Shellfish purchases drop while finfish is up

Demand for healthy seafood goes up, but supply-chain issues impact sales.

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Statewide shellfish meeting rescheduled

This comes after the board bumped back its Southeast and Yakutat shellfish meeting

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Locals appointed to state bycatch task force

The mission of the task force will be to better understand the unintended bycatch of fish caught in…

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: ‘Frankenfish’ hit market, but with labeling rules

Though bio-engineered fish weren’t banned, efforts to identify them succeeded.