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Dock prices up for halibut, salmon

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Dock prices up for halibut, salmon

Dock prices for Alaska’s most popular species of finfish are at the top of their historical range, partly…

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Sixth-grade artists say thanks

We would like to thank Ruby Haigh and SBS for their support of our artistic endeavors. Ruby Haigh…

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New fisheries group plots strategy

Resources for All Alaskans, a group formed to combat a proposed initiative to ban commercial setnet fishing in…

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Court hears oral arguments on setnet-ban initiative

ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance and the State of Alaska each made their case to an…

The Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association on Monday bought the Port Graham Hatchery, shown in this 2013 photo, and has plans to incubate 84 million pink salmon eggs this year at the facility. -Photo provided, Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association

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Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association hoping purchase of hatchery will revitalize fishery

Pink salmon fishing in Lower Cook Inlet could soon be revitalized as the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association finalized…

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Appeal of setnet ban initiative to be heard Tuesday in Anchorage

ANCHORAGE — Oral argument in the Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance appeal of Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell’s decision to…

Bright sockeye harvest in forecast

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Bright sockeye harvest in forecast

An off-year pink cycle is expected to dramatically reduce the salmon harvest in 2014, down 47 percent from…

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Fish board to take up setnet petition

The Alaska Board of Fisheries will consider one of three recently submitted emergency petitions regarding Upper Cook Inlet…

The top three winners in Saturday’s Homer Winter King Tournament celebrate their catches. From left are Jon Bartelds of Kenai, third place; Eric Kjelland of Eagle River, second place; and Raymond B. Tepp of Kenai, first place.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Kenai angler catches 1st place in king tourney

Fishing off an area commonly known as the bluffs, Kenai angler Raymond B. Tepp and his two buddies…

Professional fish board proposed

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Professional fish board proposed

The Alaska Senate Resources Committee held a hearing Monday to discuss Cook Inlet salmon, and one idea came…

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Fishery stakeholders share concerns

Kenai Peninsula salmon fishery stakeholders addressed a variety of issues at a Senate Resources Committee hearing in Juneau…

Raymond B. Tepp of Kenai is this year's first-place winner in the Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament with a king salmon weighing 30.60 pounds. Fishing aboard the Inlet Plunder, Tepp's first-place cash prize was $19,026.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Kenai angler wins first place in winter king salmon tournament

Reeling in a 30.60-pound king salmon, Raymond B. Tepp of Kenai is the first-place winner in the 2014…

Board of Fisheries fails to protect Kenai kings

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Board of Fisheries fails to protect Kenai kings

Mark Hamilton, president of the Kenai River Sportfishing Association (KRSA) recently opined that the Board of Fish (BOF)…