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Fish and Game restricts Kenai River early run king fishery

...restrictions are designed to achieve the optimal escapement goal of 5,300 to 9,000 king salmon while providing sport fishing opportunity throughout the early run. Fish and Game reports that the preseason outlook for early-run Kenai River...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-05-09/fish-and-game-restricts-kenai-river-
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Not fishing for Kenai kings

...sustainable. I see the same thing happening here.The Alaska Department of Fish and Game and our state's overblown sport-fishing industry are intent on what fishery managers refer to as "maximizing opportunity." Catch-and-release fishing...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/outdoors/2013-04-25/not-fishing-for-kenai-kings
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Behavior at fishery task force meeting disappointing

...publicly - accusing him of being on the task force simply because of his son's position as head of the Kenai River Sport Fishing Association. I was glad to see Mr. Gease stand up against this disrespectful and ill-mannered individual - stating...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/opinion/letters/2013-02-22/behavior-at-fishery-task-
Letters
Board to tackle thorny Cook Inlet issues

...the board will tackle certain sport fishing practices and terminology.Among...ban the use of lead weights when sport fishing, and clarify the use of sport-caught...mandatory reporting system for sport fishing, specify harvest record reporting...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-03-16/board-to-tackle-thorny-cook-inlet-is
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Board OKs commercial, sport regs

...restrict proxy fishing. The proposal, 227, would have allowed the department emergency order authority to modify sport fishing proxy limits when limits were decreased for all other sport anglers. According to the department's proposal, proxy...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-03-24
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Another suggestion for the Kenai River Classic

I have read recently that the Kenai River Sport Fishing Association sponsoring the Kenai River Classic has been moved from July to August to target Silver Salmon. Why not help our communities of Kenai and Soldotna and move the 'Classic' to every two years and target humpies.

http://peninsulaclarion.com/opinion/2012-11-30/letters-to-the-editor
Letters
Personal-use priority bill divisive for Kenai fisheries, council members say

...other uses," Stoltze said.He acknowledged that his bill may be unpopular in other districts where commercial and sport fishing are more prominent season-long than personal-use, but he is putting Alaska residents first by making personal-use...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-02-13/personal-use-priority-bill-divisive-
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A king-sized divide

...before Aug. 1. On several occasions the commercial setnet fishing representatives and Kevin Delaney, one of the sport fishing representatives clashed over his assertion that the in-river fishery restrictions should be paired equally with restrictions...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-02-16
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False statements on resident sports fishing licenses presistent on Peninsula

...then applies for a residential sports fishing license in September, claiming...requirements before purchasing resident sports fishing licenses. The charges were handed...he said. "And I'm talking sports fishing, dipnetting and hunting - all...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2012-11-27/false-statements-on-resident-sports-
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More on personal-use fishing

...fishing, such as that which occurs near the mouths of the Kenai and Kasilof rivers, have a priority over commercial and sport fishing?It could happen. Rep. Bill Stoltze, R-Chugiak, has pre-filed House Bill 18 in the legislature, due to convene...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/outdoors/2013-01-10/more-on-personal-use-fishing
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