SE King fishery still closed
Fishing April 14, 2017
Yes, the Southeast King Salmon fishery still closes April 15. The release from ADF&G this week on regional king salmon regulations created some confusion on whether sport fishing for spring kings was in fact closing. That regional update on limits and gear was for the entire Southeast. Last month’s... Read more
Board nominees still waiting; Linnell draws opposition over potential conflicts
Hunting April 12, 2017
Update on this story: Governor Bill Walker’s nominees for the Alaska Boards of Fisheries and of Game are among the almost 100 boards and commission appointments still awaiting Legislative approval. And based on the most recent non-meeting, they may be waiting for a while. The House and Senate met... Read more
Updates on Chugach sheep declines
Hunting April 8, 2017
ADF&D’s Tom Lohuis update: Chugach 13D Dall sheep herd has declined by almost half since 1990s Coyotes and eagles are primary predators of lambs: wolves and bears of adult sheep. Read more
Sheep University 2017
Hunting April 8, 2017
Full house at Anchorage Wild Sheep Foundation’s sheep seminars right now. Lots of interest in Alaska sheep hunting! Read more
Wild Sheep Thinhorn Summit in Anchorage
Hunting April 8, 2017
Many of the world’s experts on thinhorn wild sheep will be gathered in Anchorage this week. The Wild Sheep Foundation’s Thinhorn Sheep Summit II is April 10-12 at the Hotel Captain Cook and covers management plans being done especially in Canada and Alaska to foster the populations of primarily... Read more
Chinook crisis summit in Juneau Thursday
Fishing April 8, 2017
Juneau’s Territorial Sportsmen is hosting a seminar Thurday, April 13 “Taku and Chilkat Chinook Salmon Crisis–Status, Management and Research of Chinook Salmon of Northern SE Alaska. The program is a followup to a similar seminar in 2015, intended to increase public awareness on the conditions that have forced a... Read more
Good early Kenai king run forecast with new regs
Fishing April 6, 2017
The 2017 Kenai River early-run king salmon preseason projection is for 6,500 large (longer than 34 inches) king salmon. This falls within the optimal escapement goal (OEG) of 3,900 to 6,600 large king salmon. In February, the Alaska Board of Fisheries amended the Kenai/Kasilof Early-run King Salmon Management Plan so... Read more
Who do you want managing your salmon?
Fishing April 4, 2017
North Pacific Fisheries Council in Anchorage today debating whether Alaska salmon fisheries management should go from State back to the Feds. Complete agenda online here: https://www.npfmc.org Read more
Multiple sources are reporting that PacRim Coal has suspended plans for a coal mine on the Chuitna River on the west side of Cook Inlet. PacRim officials told Alaska DNR staff on Friday that the project was being on hold. Cook Inlet conservation and fishing groups have opposed... Read more
Facts don’t support predator hysteria
Hunting April 3, 2017
Tired of all the hysteria about alleged killing of wolf pups and bear cubs in dens? Turns out it’s 99 percent false. Other than traditional subsistence hunters who also use other practices like gathering waterfowl eggs and hunting waterfowl in the spring, it has never happened in Alaska except... Read more
No bait or multiple hooks on Kenai until Aug. 15
Fishing Jul 29, 2020
