...an even playing field with farmed salmon, said commercial fisher and United Cook Inlet Drift Association President Bob Merchant. "At least our consultants would say that farmed salmon have set the bar," he said. "We're trying to see where...

...constantly proven that commercial sportfishing and tourism should govern," state fisheries policy, said UCIDA president Bob Merchant. "We must ask you not to confirm Brett Huber to the Board of Fish," Merchant told lawmakers May 1 during a public...

...available. They ask it to propose chum management strategies. "They did it for allocation, not conservation," said Bob Merchant, president of the United Cook Inlet Drift Association. "They allocated those fish away from us to the sport fishery...

...That is why it is so important to get the fisheries back on track," United Cook Inlet Drift Association President Bob Merchant said. "Commercial fishing has served the community for 100 years, it was the community's backbone. It is not for...

...p.m. Thursday at the borough assembly chambers in Soldotna for candidates in Senate District Q, Tom Wagoner and Bob Merchant; House District 33, Hal Smalley and Kurt Olson; and House District 34, Mike Chenault and Glen Martin. The public...