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    Yukon River
    Sportfishing businesses can apply for Cook Inlet 2012 salmon disaster relief
    Sportfishing businesses can apply for Cook Inlet 2012...
    By DJ Summers • April 1, 2015 1:34 pm

    The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission is now accepting applications from sportfishing businesses in Cook Inlet for $4.6 million in…

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    450 inlet fishermen receive aid
    450 inlet fishermen receive aid
    By Molly Dischner • October 22, 2014 11:30 am

    More than 1,000 Alaska fishermen will share in $7.5 million worth of payments to mitigate the 2012 fisheries disaster in…

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    Fishery disaster fund plan moving forward
    Fishery disaster fund plan moving forward
    By Molly Dischner • August 20, 2014 4:08 pm

    Cook Inlet and Yukon River commercial fishermen could receive direct payments as part of the 2012 fishery disaster relief aid…

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    Conserving the Kenai king is a mandate for board, ADFG
    Conserving the Kenai king is a mandate for...
    By William S. Morris III • January 8, 2014 2:46 pm

    Editor’s note: This is the 10th and final part of the Morris Communications series “The case for conserving the Kenai…

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    Joe Edwards of Houston, Texas, watches as his king salmon weights in at 16.2 pounds at the Douglas Harbor for the Golden North Salmon Derby in August of 2011. Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Juneau said the 28-inch size limit for chinook salmon, while intended as a conservation measure, may be removing fast-growing fish from the population over time.
    A king without a crown: Chinook vulnerable to...
    By Abby Lowell • December 31, 2013 5:25 pm

    Editor’s note: This is the ninth in the Morris Communications series “The case for conserving the Kenai king salmon.” Alaska’s…

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    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
    Alaska salmon management: A unique process for a...
    By Molly Dischner • December 4, 2013 2:23 pm

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

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    What’s become of the Yukon kings?
    What’s become of the Yukon kings?
    By Dan O’Neill • November 26, 2013 4:57 pm

    Editor’s note: This is the fourth in the Morris Communications series, “The case for conserving Kenai king salmon.”   The…

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    Salmon species other than kings thriving in Alaska
    Salmon species other than kings thriving in Alaska
    By Abby Lowell • November 14, 2013 11:44 am

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

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    William S. Morris III, Chairman and CEO/Morris Communications Co.
    The case for conserving the Kenai king salmon
    November 6, 2013 2:19 pm

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

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    Bycatch helping to feed Alaskans
    Bycatch helping to feed Alaskans
    By Molly Dischner • September 4, 2013 4:42 pm

    Bycatch in Alaska’s commercial fisheries is a touchy subject. Discussions at the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council about capping bycatch…

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    Symposium yields no easy answers on season’s low king salmon counts
    Symposium yields no easy answers on season’s low...
    By Molly Dischner • November 1, 2012 4:24 pm

     Salmon researchers, managers, and users gathered in Anchorage Oct. 22 and 23 to talk about what happened to chinook salmon…

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