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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)

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Seawatch: NOAA closes Upper Cook Inlet fishing

Closure of federal waters could wind up back in court.

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: Salmon harvest up over 2020

Harvest saw increase in salmon caught, ex-vessel value over 2020.

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: North Council nixes bycatch mitigation proposal

NPFMC needs to adopt more holistic approach to management, advisor says.

Ben Mohr watches Kenai River Junior Classic participants head out to fish on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. (Camille Botello / Peninsula Clarion)

News

Mohr resigns as director of KRSA

He has been the executive director of KRSA for nearly three years.

Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Business

Seawatch: Sockeye run was strong but kings had low run

The Bristol Bay salmon run was well above the 20-year average for yet another year for sockeye, but…

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: Crabbers look at cuts to quotas

Tanner, opilio crab quotas cut on top of cancellation of fall king crab fishery.

Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Business

Seawatch: Halibut prices soaring

Bad weather, lots of quota unfished causing high prices

The "gofishak" application, zoomed in to the Kenai Peninsula. (Screenshot)

News

Find fishing spots with new app

“Gofishak” allows users to filter fishing locations by category, species and access.

Anglers gather along the banks of the Kenai River near Sportsman’s Landing in Cooper Landing in September 2018. (Peninsula Clarion file)

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Sockeye limits increased on Upper Kenai and Russian rivers

The new limits are six per day and 12 in possession.

A fisher holds a reel on the Kenai River near Soldotna on June 30, 2021. (Photo by Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Fish and Game imposes lure restriction on Kenai River

King salmon projected to not meet minimum escapement

Lisa Stengel of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, weighs a halibut on Monday, July 12, 2021, at Coal Point Seafoods in Homer, Alaska, that she caught with a pole spear while free diving in Kachemak Bay. If verified, the 71.4-pound halibut would be the International Underwater Spearfishing Association world record for a Pacific halibut caught be a woman using a pole spear. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Sports

Florida woman sets record for halibut caught with a pole spear

Stengel speared big halibut while free diving in Kachemak Bay.

A fisher holds a reel on the Kenai River near Soldotna on June 30, 2021. (Photo by Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai and Kasilof kings limited to catch and release

Kings are passing through the Kenai River at a lower rate than needed to attain the escapement goal.

Greg Brush passes Kenai conservation on to the next generation of anglers by releasing a king salmon. (Photo courtesy Greg Brush)

Opinion

Voices of the Peninsula: Decision devastating for dwindling king populations

We have fewer Kenai River chinook than we used to and they are smaller on average than they…