“The dog sunk my truck…”
FishingGovernment July 11, 2017
New best dog excuse story… A Kenai dipnetter left the family dog on a truck parked near the river on opening day of this year’s annual dip net fishery. The excited pooch apparently managed to knock the vehicle out of park and into neutral. The liberated truck rolled into... Read more
Brave 11-year-old stops charging bear; week of crazy bear incidents continues
GovernmentHunting July 1, 2017
It’s been another week of crazy Alaska bear stories and more attacks. Thankfully no one has been seriously injuried or killed, after two black bears killed young people in Anchorage and in the interior. Elliott Clark, a young Hoonah boy, prevented a potential really bad mauling and killed a... Read more
JBER cyclist mauled by brown bear
Government June 26, 2017
The string of Alaska bear maulings continues. Sharing this breaking news from KTVA Television on another bear attack near Anchorage: The Alaska Department of Fish and Game says a pair of cyclists encountered a bear on JBER Saturday morning. Authorities say the pair came across a brown bear with... Read more
ADF&G suspends search for grizzlies that attacked young hikers in Eagle River
GovernmentUncategorized June 14, 2017
UPDATE: Anchorage police and ADF&G staff members have cancelled the search for a sow grizzly and two cubs that attacked four young hikers near Eagle River Campground Wednesday morning. The hikers are believed to have startled the bears by suddenly encountering them on an unmarked trail. Officials theorized the... Read more
Shutdown could hurt fishing, hunting
Government June 9, 2017
Can you have fishing and hunting in Alaska without a Department of Fish and Game? Alaskans and visitors may find out in a few weeks if the State government shuts down July 1 because of the Alaska Legislature cannot agree on a budget. All State workers have gotten layoff... Read more
ADF&G’s commercial fishing division will launch an early June set net fishery south of the Kasilof, to pay for the July Cook Inlet sockeye test project. Bids for a processor to run the commercial fishery for the department were due this week. That set net fishery would be contracted... Read more
Board of Fish rejects emergency rules for Copper River commercial fishery
FishingGovernment May 17, 2017
The Alaska Board of Fisheries voted 4-3 on Wednesday not to impose emergency restrictions on the Copper River commercial king salmon fishery, rejecting the request from the Fairbanks advisory board after the sport fishery was closed because of a historically low run forecast. The vote was along what has... Read more
Update on this story 4:54 p.m. Tuesday: Controversial Board of Game appointee Karen Linnell was approved by a joint session of the Alaska Legislature by a 39-20 vote, after lengthy debate on Linnell’s potential conflict of interest. In discussing other Board of Game and Fish nominees, the legislators... Read more
Subsistence Board rejects Unit 26 caribou closure; does partial closure for Unit 23
GovernmentHunting May 13, 2017
UPDATE June 26: The Federal Subsistence Board gave Alaska resident hunters a big win Friday. The Board has decided not to restrict Unit 26 caribou hunting to only local subsistence hunters. Recents hearings to consider that closure drew a storm of protest from hunters who rely on the Haul Road... Read more
Fisheries board to consider emergency Copper River commercial closure; sport fishing already closed
FishingGovernment May 12, 2017
Alaska Board of Fisheries will expand its special meeting on Wednesday, May 17 to review an emergency petition by the Fairbanks Fish and Game Advisory Committee to limit commercial fishing for the dismal forecast of Copper River king salmon. The meeting starts at 1 p.m. and will be streamed... Read more
When is a halibut too big to keep? Hot
Fishing Jun 3, 2017
No bait or multiple hooks on Kenai until Aug. 15
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