Alaska state records now indicate that Kotzebue school teacher Paul Dewitt Atkins – who was earlier this month convicted of being a non-resident hunter posing as a resident for years – filed […]
Another PFD thief?
Missing fishermen
A flood of sockeye salmon was pushing the Kenai Peninsula’s Kasilof River rapidly toward the point of “over-escapement” on Tuesday with Upper Cook Inlet strangely devoid of commercial drift gillnet fishermen. […]
Seachange
News analysis A significant shift in fisheries management aimed at putting more salmon in Cook Inlet streams and rivers surrounding Alaska’s urban core is coming, and commercial fishermen have been […]
The 1.5 percent
Data reveals that in fish crazy AK, most Alaskans don’t fish
The target
Yet again Alaska appears to be gearing up for a big fight focused on one of the state’s smallest commercial fisheries. The United Fishermen of Alaska, one of the most politically powerful […]
Salmon accounting
A news analysis UPDATE: This story was edited on Aug. 7 to reflect the loss the city of Kenai took on the dipnet fishery, a historic city moneymaker, and to update in-river […]
