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It has been nearly 24 years since Patrick Dixon sold his Cook Inlet drift boat and moved from Kenai to Olympia, Wash. But for the former fisherman,…
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In the fisheries world, the word “disaster” carries a special designation. Earlier this month, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce declared disasters for over…
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The mayor of Kenai, a Ninilchik charter boat captain and a Homer-based fisherman are among 11 governor-appointed members to a new task force on bycatch —…
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Two Kenai Peninsula cities are weighing in on a lawsuit over the closure of part of Cook Inlet to salmon fishing. Kenai and Homer both are submitting…
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Cook Inlet’s commercial fishermen argued in the state’s highest court this week that the Dunleavy administration’s fisheries policy is deliberately…
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Seattle catches some of the best bites from Alaska's fisheries each year at the Symphony of Seafood — an annual competition put on by the Alaska Fisheries…
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Commercial fishermen are going to court in an attempt to keep Cook Inlet open to salmon fishing. That’s following a controversial decision by the feds to…
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Fishermen in Cook Inlet reeled in more salmon and higher earnings in 2021 than they did last year. That’s according to the 2021 harvest summary released…
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A large swath of Upper Cook Inlet will officially be closed to commercial salmon fishing next summer.The feds released a final rule this week adopting the…
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The Cook Inlet salmon fishery was once an economic engine for Kenai.But the fishing there is no longer lucrative. Many fishermen with deep ties to the…