REEL NEWS FROM ALASKA and OUTSIDE Troopers Seize 16 tons of illegally caught salmon in Lower Cook Inlet commercial fisheries Alaska State Troopers seize more than 16 tons of illegally caught salmon by a handful of vessels south of Homer. The commercial fishing seine vessels were working cooperatively to drive salmon out of area […]
Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) announced that the Kenai River sockeye fishing will close to anglers on Saturday, from the mouth upstream to the Cooper Landing bridge at Kenai Lake, except for those waters at the Kenai and Russian River confluence to target Russian River reds. ADFG projects that the Kenai River sockeye […]
Ever wonder how fishery regulations are created in Alaska? Who allocates fish to commercial, sport, personal use and subsistence fisheries? Are allocations based on science, or politics? Is the process broken, in need of mending, or working fine? In Alaska, Board of Fisheries (BOF) is tasked with the conservation and allocation of state fishery resources. […]