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The plan lays out 22 goals, created through interviews with stakeholders across the state, meant to guide the organization for the next five years.
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The high count is partially due to lower harvest from commercial fishermen — including set-netters, whose fishery was closed for most of the season.
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The late run has already met the lower end of Fish and Game's sustainable escapement goal of 44,000 to 85,000 fish. As of Monday, the department counted 47,644 sockeye at the weir on Lower Russian Lake.
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In a case filed in state court this week, the Cook Inlet Fishermen's Fund asked the state to immediately reopen the fishery, to pay fishermen back for what they lost and to revise the plan that closed it in the first place.
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Anglers flock to the mouth of the Kenai River every July to participate in the dipnet fishery. But participation in the Kenai dipnet has actually decreased in the last few years as it’s increased on the Kasilof, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
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Tomorrow, anglers on the Russian River will be able to catch up to six sockeye a day and be in possession of 12 — an increase from the current bag limit of three sockeye and possession limit of six.
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Mike Booz with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game said the department is limiting and restricting king fisheries amid a downturn in king salmon in Cook Inlet.
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The fishery opened last Wednesday under catch and release restrictions. But Fish and Game Sportfish Area Manager Colton Lipka said the run’s been underperforming.
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As of Sunday, only 72 large king salmon had passed through the sonar in Soldotna. That’s 200 fewer than the same time last year.
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A $132 million package of federal relief funds is heading to Alaska fishermen and researchers to offset what’s known as fishing disasters in the state.