Alaska Board of Fisheries

The declaration opens set-netters up to relief funding, but it could take a long time for that money to reach individuals. A 2023 disaster declaration for the fishery is currently pending.

Set-netters said the proposal was a chance at relief for their fishery in 2022.

Soldotna’s Indy Walton has resigned from his seat on the state Board of Fisheries, the seven-member board that makes decisions about fish allocation and…

Cook Inlet’s commercial fishermen argued in the state’s highest court this week that the Dunleavy administration’s fisheries policy is deliberately…

The Alaska Board of Fish will consider a proposal to loosen restrictions on Cook Inlet set-netters this March, two years ahead of its scheduled meetings…

Locals might know Indy Walton from the ice rink, where he coached the Soldotna High School hockey team. Or they might recognize him as a financial adviser…

The Board of Fisheries has denied two emergency petitions from Kenai Peninsula setnetters asking to reopen a limited fishery for what is left of the…

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is asking for public comment on a plan to add a community lake in Nikiski to its fish stocking program.The…

Scientists are still digging for answers about the low abundance of adult razor clams on the east side of Cook Inlet. Meantime, charter companies are…

The Senate Resources Committee held a much-belated public hearing on Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s appointees to the Alaska Board of Fisheries on Friday.Central…