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The proposed revision addresses the impacts of bycatch and climate change on fisheries, and would add two Alaska Native representatives to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. But it's path through the broader Congress is far from certain.
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The proposed revision addresses the impacts of bycatch and climate change on fisheries, and would add two Alaska Native representatives to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. But it's path through the broader Congress is far from certain.
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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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Cook Inlet drift fishermen will be able to fish the federal waters of the inlet this summer after all. That’s after a district court judge shot down a federal rule that would have closed a large part of the inlet to commercial salmon fishing — which fishermen said would have been a death knell for the fishery.
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A federal council voted to close a large swath of Cook Inlet to commercial salmon fishing in 2020. Now, a court has until Monday to decide whether to uphold that decision or not.
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A showcase of work from Kenai's Thor Evenson is up at the Kenai Art Center this June.
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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.
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Rogue Wave is opening in the old Snug Harbor Seafoods Plant on Kalifornsky Beach Road this season.
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Another seafood processor is moving out of Kenai this salmon season.
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Commercial fishermen from across the country gather in Astoria, Ore. each year to share poetry about life at sea. Fisher Poets 2022 gathering connected participants through Zoom, but fishermen are hopeful they can meet face-to-face again next February.