Cook Inlet sockeye above forecast When cyclones rip through the Asian tropics, do the sockeye salmon of Alaska’s Cook Inlet end up a beneficiary? One has to wonder with scientists studying climate […]
Awash in fish
Same old story
Alaska’s Kenai kings are on the chopping block Meeting now in Anchorage, the Alaska Board of Fisheries looks primed to lead the 49th state farther down the wrong road of fisheries management, […]
The propagandist
The woman who filled the roll of “fisheries reporter” for Alaska’s largest newspaper for years has retired with an admission of what was obvious to fishery-educated readers a long-time ago: She was […]
Clickbaiting
Alaska’s largest newspaper is once again pushing – knowingly or unknowingly – the economic nonsense pitched by a mouthpiece for the state’s commercial fishing industry. “One Alaska king salmon is worth the […]
Fair shares
Commercial fishermen, who the state fought to keep working this summer even as COVID-19 shut down many other businesses, are now pressuring the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to reduce the […]
Pay to play
To aid a state agency destined to be left badly strapped for cash because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the leader of the state’s largest outdoor organization is suggesting Alaska follow the lead […]
Halibut hopes
With the Alaska tourism industry – the state’s largest employer – headed for the rocks, charter boat operators hoping to make it through the summer have made a desperate plea to the […]
Pain of change
The United Fishermen of Alaska – one of the 49th state’s most powerful political entities – is mad that commercial salmon fishermen might be losing some fishing opportunities in Cook Inlet, but […]
Stormy seas
The problems for Alaska’s commercial fishing industry – once the state’s largest employer but now second to tourism – are growing by the day. Seafood News today reported the lastest survey by […]
Humpies invade
KENAI RIVER – An unusual, odd-year flood of pink salmon into Alaska’s most popular river has state fisheries biologists scratching their heads, but a fishing guide here thinks he has the answer: […]
