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Arthur Schwartz, Matt Denn, Keith Herring and Jess Pasch pose with their winning catches in front of the Anchor Point Chamber of Commerce building on Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Anchor Point. All four anglers fished on the Resolute and earned various prizes from the 29th annual Anchor Point King Salmon Derby.
    Anchor Point salmon derby cast for next weekend
    By Delcenia Cosman • April 16, 2025 1:30 am

    This year’s derby is held in honor of Erica Walli.

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Tournament champion Zach Weimann holds up his first-place trophy during the 2025 Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament on Saturday.
    Weimann wins fishing tournament championship
    By Delcenia Cosman • March 24, 2025 1:30 am

    The 31st annual Homer Winter King Tournament saw high turnout Saturday.

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    Chris Keithley, 2024 Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament champion, poses with his prize fish after the awards ceremony at the Deep Water Dock on the Spit in Homer, Alaska on Saturday, March 23, 2024. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Winter King Tournament scheduled for March 22
    By Delcenia Cosman • March 10, 2025 1:30 am

    This year’s event will be held at the Deep Water Dock at 4667 Freight Dock Road.

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    Logo for the National Marine Fisheries Service. Photo courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    Comment period still open on Endangered Species Act...
    By Emilie Springer • August 29, 2024 1:30 am

    Public comments on an effort to list Gulf of Alaska chinook salmon under the Endangered Species Act are due to…

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    Students identify species of juvenile fish at one of the activity stations during Alaska Department of Fish and Game's "Salmon in the Classroom" salmon egg take event on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023 in the Anchor River State Recreation Area in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Students bring salmon to the classroom
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 18, 2023 1:30 am

    Hands-on event is part of ADF&G annual education program

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    Pink salmon swim up a drainage ditch at Beluga Slough on Sept. 6 at high tide. Emilie Springer/ Homer News
    Pink salmon return to Beluga Slough
    By Emilie Springer • September 13, 2023 1:30 am

    Alaska Department of Fish and Game will collect otolith samples for stock assessment

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    Local youth anglers participate in the 15-and-under king salmon fishery on Saturday, June 3, 2023, at the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    ADF&G opens youth coho fishery Saturday
    By Delcenia Cosman • August 3, 2023 1:30 am

    The bag and possession limits for the youth fishery are six coho salmon of any size

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    Photo by Emilie Springer/ Homer News
Homer residents support Bristol Bay salmon price protest in Homer on Saturday.
    Homer families support salmon price protest
    By Emilie Springer • July 26, 2023 1:30 am

    A small group on Saturday gathered at the corner of the Fish Dock Road in Homer in support of Bristol…

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    Hunter Kirby holds up the hatchery king salmon he bagged during the one-day youth fishery on the Ninilchik River on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 in Ninilchik, Alaska. Photo by Mike Booz
    Kids cast their lines
    By Delcenia Cosman • June 14, 2023 1:30 am

    One-day fisheries provide opportunities for youth

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    Jesse Pasch (left), winner of the average fish prize in the 28th annual Anchor Point King Salmon Tournament, poses with his fish during weigh-in on Saturday, May 6 at the Anchor Point Chamber of Commerce building in Anchor Point, Alaska. This is Pasch’s second year of winning “average fish.” Photo courtesy of Mcki Needham
    Persnail wins Anchor Point King Salmon Tournament
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 11, 2023 1:30 am

    Despite less-than-stellar weather and some last-minute operating changes, the 28th annual Anchor Point King Salmon Tournament saw another successful turnout.

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    Upper Cook Inlet Exclusive Economic Zone can be seen on this map provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (Image via fisheries.noaa.gov)
    NOAA to hear public comment about Cook Inlet...
    By Jacob Dye • May 4, 2023 1:30 am

    The hearing will be held online as a webinar May 18

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    Derotha Ferraro from the fishing vessel Big Game poses with the king salmon she caught in the Anchor Point King Salmon Calcutta on Sunday, May 12, 2019, in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Bill Scott)
    Anchor Point King Salmon Tournament kicks off this...
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 4, 2023 1:30 am

    The 28th annual Anchor Point King Salmon Calcutta and Tournament will be held this Friday and Saturday.

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    Photo by Delcenia Cosman / Homer News 
Tournament champion Gail Bilyeu, center, holds the winning fish during the Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament awards ceremony on Saturday. Pictured right are the tournament’s previous two champions, Weston and Andrew Marley.
    Gail Bilyeu wins 29th annual Homer winter king...
    By Delcenia Cosman • March 30, 2023 1:30 am

    Bilyeu’s fish weighed in at 26.12 pounds

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