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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…
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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…
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Commercial setnet fishermen in Cook Inlet had their season cut short last week. When the Alaska Department of Fish and Game closed the Kenai River to…
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The Kenai River will close entirely to king salmon fishing starting Wednesday.The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced the closure Monday…
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Commercial fishing is underway across Upper Cook Inlet. Some fishermen to the north of Kenai have had their nets in the water since May, but permit…
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For commercial fishermen, the difference between getting a few more hours of sleep or not can sometimes be a question of livelihood.That’s what Jerry…
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Fishermen will still drift net Upper Cook Inlet’s federal waters this summer. But it may be their last season there, after the body that manages the…
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Both the commercial hooligan and herring fisheries in Upper Cook Inlet are closing this week after reaching quota.The commercial fishery for hooligan — a…
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April is National Poetry Month. Today on the show, peninsula fisher poets. Our guests are Brent Johnson of Clam Gulch, Georgie Heaverley from Nikiski,…
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Alaska fisheries more than three miles offshore fall under the purview of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, a group of 11 voting members that…