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Kenai River chinook need more spawning protection

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Kenai River chinook need more spawning protection

In recent years we have seen a troubling pattern of near record low returns of both early and…

The Alaska Board of Fisheries has an open regulatory process, with all members of the public allowed to submit proposals for management to be considered by the seven-member board. Each state waters fishery is considered once every three years, with occasional issues taken up sooner if the board chooses. Here, Chairman Karl Johnstone presides over the Pacific cod meeting held this past October in Anchorage. The longest meeting is for Upper Cook Inlet, which takes two weeks and will begin in late January 2014. -Photo by Michael Dinneen, Morris News Service - Alaska

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Alaska salmon management: A unique process for a unique state

Editor’s note: This is the fifth in the Morris Communications series “The case for conserving the Kenai king…

Strong run of sockeye forecast for 2014

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Strong run of sockeye forecast for 2014

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is expecting another solid sockeye salmon run in Upper Cook Inlet…

Fishing group finds common ground among different users

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Fishing group finds common ground among different users

The Alaska Salmon Alliance, a group that was formed by Cook Inlet processors to promote science-based fishery management…

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Penney’s tactic: divide and conquer

As a longtime Alaska resident and lover of all things salmon I am compelled to speak up and…

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Ballot initiative no cause to party

The recent efforts by the Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance Inc. to push for a ballot initiative that would…

Droves of dipnetters crowd the beach along the Kenai River this past summer looking to fill their freezers with sockeye salmon in the personal use fishery open only to Alaska residents. The 2013 season featured a single-day record of nearly 250,000 sockeye entering the river on July 16, but many who missed out on that Tuesday bonanza had difficulty reaching their limit of 25 reds for a head of household and 10 for each additional family member.-Peninsula Clarion file photo

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While kings drive news, sockeyes drive area’s economy

Editor’s note: This is the third in the Morris Communications series “The case for conserving the Kenai king…

Salmon species other than kings thriving in Alaska

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Salmon species other than kings thriving in Alaska

Editor’s note: This is the second part of the Morris Communications series “The case for conserving the Kenai…

Chris Miller, left, Aaron Opp, and Jason Kolhase, right, work to remove sockeye salmon from their net on the fishing vessel Icy Bay in the Egegik district of the Bristol Bay sockeye salmon fishery in this Juneau Empire file photo. While harvest of pinks, chums and silvers boomed in 2013, the Bristol Bay sockeye return was less than its recent 10-year average with about 16 million harvested. The Nushagak River in the Bristol Bay watershed was the lone bright spot for king salmon in 2013 with some 113,000 fish entering the river and allowing liberal fishing for all users.-Morris New Service file photo

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Statewide king salmon decline points to outside forces

The summer of 2012 was tough for king salmon runs. Economic disasters were declared in the wake of…

Initiative would ban setnetting in Cook Inlet

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Initiative would ban setnetting in Cook Inlet

The effort by a new group calling itself the Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance to put a ballot initiative…

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Governor should respect wisdom of studies to expand Medicaid

Gov. Parnell has raised the banner of “Choose Respect” many times since he became governor, but yet he…

King in cycle: Salmon populations follow cycles of boom and bust

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King in cycle: Salmon populations follow cycles of boom and bust

Dena’ina tradition holds that each spring when the Golden Crown Sparrow warbles its distinctive three-note song the first…

William S. Morris III, Chairman and CEO/Morris Communications Co.

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The case for conserving the Kenai king salmon

By William S. Morris III Chairman and CEO/Morris Communications Co. For many years we have watched the ebb…