The bad news thousands of Alaskans dipnetters expected to hear is now official: The Copper River personal-use fishery near Chitina will officially close at midnight Sunday and remain closed indefinitely. “I […]
Chitina shutdown
Talking fish – not
This story has been updated Only a day after outlining a plan for Cook Inlet salmon talks and issuing an administrative order officially sanctioning a fisheries task force that started meeting secretly […]
Copper failure
The commercial fishing season for Copper River salmon – the most coveted of Alaska fish – is shaping up as a disaster for the isolated fishing community of Cordova. Prices paid to […]
Smoke-filled rooms
With the fishing season beginning in the 49th state, Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has been holding private meetings to forge an agreement between commercial, sport and other fishing interests on how to manage […]
5 fish myths
Summer has arrived in the north, and with it there is everywhere talk of fish. In Alaska, some of the people fish all of the time, and most of the […]
Hungry mouths
Fearful that Cook Inlet is increasingly coming under the influence of the big, pink-salmon ranch that is Alaska’s Prince William Sound, nine outdoor groups have banded together to ask the Alaska Board […]
Evermore salmon
This story has been updated FAIRBANKS – More research is needed into the interactions of hatchery and wild fish in Alaska before the Alaska Department of Fish and Game approves the dumping […]
Deadly success?
Twenty-eight years ago, the state of Alaska banned fish farming in favor of salmon ranching. The idea was simple: Catch a bunch of fish, squeeze out their eggs and sperm, mix the […]
The transformer
Thirty-six years ago this summer, Anchorage’s Dick Griffith blew up an inflatable boat on the east bank of the Kenai Peninsula’s Skilak River and set in motion a chain of […]
Salmon struggle
The snow had stopped falling on the Kenai Peninsula on Tuesday, but plenty of ice was still bobbing around in Cook Inlet. Far to the north, Norwegian musher Joar Ulsom was leading […]
