The Alaska Board of Fisheries is in its second day of meetings in Anchorage on Saturday, beginning to take testimony on statewide proposals before the board. A lot of Saturday’s testimony was by commercial fishermen opposing proposal 171, a request by the Kenai River Sport Fishing Association for the... Read more
The popular personal use dipnet fishery on the lower Kenai opens July 10, but any king salmon that winds up in the nets must be released, per a new ADF&G order. It’s the latest attempt to protect every returning king salmon for the river’s struggling king run, which is... Read more