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After days of testimony, the Alaska Board of Fisheries voted to change escapement goals for Chignik’s early and late sockeye runs, which have been severely depleted for years. But it will maintain an important precedent: Two separate goals for the early and late sockeye runs.
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At this week’s Board of Fisheries meeting, Area M is at the center of a debate on how to protect the record-low Yukon River chum salmon runs. The board is deliberating today, and the meeting is being streamed live.
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The Alaska Board of Fisheries will take up 47 proposals at the Bristol Bay Finfish meeting in Dillingham this November. As the Nushagak and Naknek-Kvichak…
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No more free week, a loophole closed in Togiak, and a change for d-boats are among the 2016 changesThe Bristol Bay salmon fishery will see some changes…
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The process for considering changes to state fisheries regulations will stay the same for the time being.During a May 24 teleconference meeting, Alaska's…
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Given the tight state budget, the Alaska Board of Fisheries is considering a change that could expedite consideration of some proposals a little.Alaska’s…
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After months of discussion, committee meetings and new criteria - the state fish board changed some set net boundaries in Bristol Bay in response to…
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A recent study said that no matter how far from shore an Area M fisherman fishes, the majority of his sockeye catch in the Outer Port Heiden section is…
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The once-thriving Chignik fishery has seen better days, and fishermen from the region asked the state Board of Fish for a little help.Area M wasn’t the…
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The state fish board has a new policy to help when tasked with considering changes to commercial setnet sites after erosion takes its toll.The Alaska…