News
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…
News
HB 77 won’t protect salmon
In 1986 I moved to Homer with three sons and a 32-foot commercial fishing vessel. We fished…
News
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…
News
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…
News
What’s become of the Yukon kings?
Editor’s note: This is the fourth in the Morris Communications series, “The case for conserving Kenai king salmon.”…
News
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…
News
Penney’s tactic: divide and conquer
As a longtime Alaska resident and lover of all things salmon I am compelled to speak up and…
News
Ballot initiative no cause to party
The recent efforts by the Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance Inc. to push for a ballot initiative that would…
Community
Homer’s Best Bets
The other night while driving home from the word mines, the Betster stopped by Beluga Lake to gaze…
News
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…
News
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…
News
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…
Opinion
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…