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  • Some Alaska Native fishermen found guilty of illegal fishing
  • BETHEL, Alaska - A Bethel judge has ruled against some of nearly two dozen Yup'ik Eskimo fishermen cited for illegally fishing king salmon in the Kuskokwim River during a poor run last year. Several of the fishermen were found guilty Monday ...
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  • 5/21/2013 6:42:52 PM
  • Alaska Department Fish And Game
  • FAIRBANKS - More waterfowl arrived in Interior Alaska this week, and it’s no wonder — about 20 percent of the waterfowl in the U.S. nest in Alaska to take advantage of the state’s numerous wetlands.
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  • 4/26/2013 3:06:09 AM
  • Kenai to ban dipnet fish waste from beaches
  • The City of Kenai will fine individuals dumping fish carcasses and other refuse on its beaches in an effort to keep the North and South beaches clean during the July dipnet fishery season. The city now requires that dipnetters dump fish waste ...
  • Kenai Peninsula Clarion
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  • 4/24/2013 5:10:12 AM
  • What's in store for next fish board appointee?
  • A decade ago Ricky Gease wrote the Alaska Board of Fisheries declaring Soldotna too dangerous for a board meeting. The board has not deliberated in Soldotna since then. Recently the Kenai River Sportfish Association has eavesdropped on a UFA ...
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  • 4/19/2013 4:57:39 PM
  • Trials set to begin in subsistence fishing case
  • ANCHORAGE — Sam Jackson believes a favorable trial verdict for him and other Alaska Natives cited for illegally fishing king salmon could help his people reclaim the subsistence rights they’ve enjoyed for thousands of years. The 50-year-old ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 4/14/2013 4:03:20 AM
  • Trials set to begin in Alaska subsistence fishing case
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Sam Jackson believes a favorable trial verdict for him and other Alaska Natives cited for illegally fishing king salmon could help his people reclaim the subsistence rights they've enjoyed for thousands of years. The 50-year-old Yup'ik
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  • 4/13/2013 12:08:17 AM
  • Refuge notebook: Local partnership working to ensure healthy fish habitat
  • Recognizing the importance of fish habitat, many local stakeholder groups have been working tirelessly to protect, enhance, and restore this irreplaceable resource in southcentral Alaska. These groups realized that a coordinated approach and ...
  • Kenai Peninsula Clarion
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  • 4/11/2013 10:22:06 PM
  • Fish and Game, Kenai Natives Association partner on moose habitat project
  • The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is working with the Kenai Natives Association to boost available moose browse on 85 acres north of Sterling. It is a partnership that Fish and Game hopes will spark conversation about potential future ...
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  • 4/11/2013 5:39:56 AM
  • Board of Fish member rejected in close vote
  • Commissioners Dianne Blumer and Pat Kemp were confirmed Monday by unanimous vote of the Alaska State Legislature, which met in a joint session to consider Gov. Sean Parnell’s appointees. Blumer was confirmed as commissioner of the Alaska ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 4/9/2013 4:02:06 AM
  • Fish board nominee rejected
  • JUNEAU (AP) — The Alaska Legislature has rejected another term for Board of Fisheries member. Vince Webster had served on the board since 2007. In recent days, the Kenai River Sportfishing Association put out a call to action against Webster ...
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  • 4/9/2013 3:40:37 AM
  • State places limits on fishing on 2 Kodiak rivers
  • KODIAK, Alaska - State fisheries officials have instituted fishing restrictions for king salmon sport fishing on two Kodiak Island rivers. KMXT reports (http://is.gd/M0qkGr) the restrictions will last about two months this summer. Sport ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 4/8/2013 11:15:46 PM
  • Talkin' about Taku fishing at upcoming Raincountry meeting
  • Kent Sullivan will present “Taku and Beyond” at the next Raincountry Flyfishers meeting beginning at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, in the Thunder Mountain High School library. Sullivan will show slides and talk about his experiences “up ...
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  • 4/5/2013 3:59:41 AM
  • Governor reappoints Alaska Fish Board members
  • FAIRBANKS — Gov. Sean Parnell reappointed two members to the Alaska Board of Fisheries on Wednesday. Thomas Kluberton, of Talkeetna, was reappointed to a second three-year term on the board, while Vince Webster, of King Salmon, was reappointed ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 3/28/2013 5:59:32 PM
  • Coast Guard finds safety violations aboard fishing vessel near Kake
  • The chief of the Sector Juneau response department, Commander Marc Burd, reminded the public that free vessel safety checks can be obtained in most Alaska ports by contacted the nearest Coast Guard sector or marine safety detachment, or by ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 3/24/2013 3:59:36 AM
  • Upper Cook Inlet Task Force proposals rejected by Board of Fish
  • After months of meetings, thousands of pages of documents and several hours of testimony from user groups in the Upper Cook Inlet, the Alaska Board of Fisheries ultimately voted unanimously to reject a proposal that would have made several ...
  • Kenai Peninsula Clarion
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  • 3/22/2013 5:09:23 PM
  • Fly Fishing film fest features Tongass conservation message
  • There is a cure. Join Trout Unlimited Alaska program, America’s Salmon Forest and Alaska Fly Fishing Goods for the 1st annual showing of the International Fly Fishing Film Festival beginning at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26 at the Goldtown ...
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  • 3/22/2013 3:54:49 AM
  • Sharing fishing secrets should be an angler's pleasure, duty
  • Seriously, tell me — preferably one that’ll put a big rainbow trout on the end of my line. In my line of work — the Clarion’s lone Tight Lines fishing reporter and columnist — I’m constantly on the hunt for the best fishing ...
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  • 3/21/2013 4:49:05 PM
  • Public testimony continues at fish board meeting
  • On a day when the Alaska Board of Fisheries was scheduled to discuss the results of the Upper Cook Inlet Task Force, members instead heard more than six hours of testimony from the remainder of the 112 members of the public who signed up to ...
  • Kenai Peninsula Clarion
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  • 3/21/2013 4:13:18 PM
  • Fish and Game: Some Peninsula game stocks thriving, others declining
  • Before the Alaska Board of Game took up the 19 Kenai Peninsula area proposals, they were given an overview of the area’s game and its health that indicated some area game stocks were declining, while others were thriving. On Monday ...
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  • 3/20/2013 5:37:24 AM
  • Fish processing vessel grounds on Kodiak Is.
  • The vessel had just left the city of Kodiak two hours earlier when the mishap occurred in relatively calm seas, according to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. “It hit the beach fairly hard,” said Steve Russell, the DEC’s ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 3/19/2013 4:05:32 AM
  • Fish processing vessel grounds on Kodiak Island
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A fish processing vessel that went hard aground on Kodiak Island was struck by other problems earlier this year, including a diesel spill and two ammonia leaks. The 169-foot Pacific Producer grounded in 9-foot tides early Friday while .
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  • 3/19/2013 3:22:35 AM
  • Homer Fishing
  • (Author’s note: With fishing season just around the bend, it’s time to get in the proper frame of mind. This piece, edited here for brevity, first appeared in Fish Alaska magazine in 2011.) It’s August in Homer, the aptly named “Halibut ...
  • Kenai Peninsula Clarion
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  • 3/15/2013 5:03:22 PM
  • Native rights advocate calls for justice in subsistence hunting, fishing
  • Starkey said “a series of broken promises” or “death by 1,000 cuts” could summarize Native access to traditional fishing and hunting under American and Alaska governments. Starkey spoke for about 30 minutes, sometimes interrupted by applause ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 3/12/2013 7:55:44 AM
  • Bill would allow for lifetime hunting, fishing licenses
  • JUNEAU, Alaska - Alaska residents could get lifetime hunting and fishing licenses under a bill proposed in the state House. Rep. Les Gara says his bill, HB157, should save on paperwork and make the process more convenient. The bill leaves ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 3/7/2013 5:55:48 PM
  • Alaska Fish and Game halts Interior aerial wolf hunt
  • FAIRBANKS — With no more wolves in sight, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has halted an aerial wolf-reduction program around two villages on the upper Koyukuk River. Department spokeswoman Cathie Harms said state wildlife biologists in ...
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  • 3/7/2013 3:39:48 PM
  • From golf to fishing: America's ultimate destinations for active travel
  • (BPT) - The word “vacation” means different things to different people. For some, it’s lounging poolside and sleeping until noon. Others, however, savor the opportunity to get outside, try some new activities and indulge in their favorite pastimes ...
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  • 3/3/2013 11:58:28 PM
  • Local fish processors adapt to changes
  • A decade ago, Fred West at the Tustumena Smokehouse in Soldotna, made his money processing sport and commercially caught fish from Cook Inlet. Now, the smokehouse is primarily known for its salmon-based sausages, bacon and pepperonis, products ...
  • Kenai Peninsula Clarion
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  • 3/1/2013 3:29:36 AM
  • Cell-phone fishing
  • John Voelker, under the pen name Robert Trever, wrote “Testament of a Fisherman.” The now-famous essay contains his reasons for fishing, among which is this: … “because mercifully there are no telephones on trout waters” … That was ...
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  • 2/28/2013 11:04:45 PM
  • My Turn: Weigh in on Board of Fish Proposal 243
  • Pacific herring are currently the only forage fish species that is commercially harvested in the State of Alaska. The State fails to acknowledge herring as a forage fish by not specifically listing them in its FFMP, however, the FFMP does list ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 2/26/2013 5:06:13 AM
  • Fish a predominant source of food for low-income households, study finds
  • Access to locally caught seafood boosts the food security of low-income Kenai Peninsula households, according to a recent University of Alaska Fairbanks study. The study, by Philip A Loring, Ph.D., examines the role locally caught seafood plays ...
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  • 2/24/2013 6:05:52 AM
  • Learn how to fly cast, fish or fence
  • There’s still time to sign up for activities and classes, such as fly fishing, fly casting, fencing, or bird watching, with the Community Schools this spring. Classes offered by the Juneau School District Department are open to all local ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 2/22/2013 4:56:39 AM
  • University of Alaska surveys skills needed for fishing industry
  • KODIAK, Alaska — The University of Alaska wants to know what skills young people will need for jobs connected to commercial fishing. The university is surveying people in the industry and asking what skills the next generation should learn ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/21/2013 3:49:14 PM
  • Salmon curriculum continues with ice fishing expedition
  • Students in 22 classes from 15 schools spent Wednesday brushing up on their fishing skills as part of Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s yearlong Salmon in the Classroom curriculum. The day yielded a healthy mix of chinook and coho salmon ...
  • Kenai Peninsula Clarion
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  • 2/18/2013 7:06:04 PM
  • Presence of pike means no more fish for Little Harding Lake
  • “It’s not worth the money to poison the lake or remove pike from that lake,” Tom Taube, regional management coordinator for the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game Division of Sport Fish in Fairbanks, said. The management change came as a result of a ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/14/2013 8:55:12 AM
  • Fish and Game to notify hunters of permit wins via email Friday
  • FAIRBANKS — Hunters who win permits for big game drawing hunts, as well as Tier I and Tier II subsistence hunts, will be notified by email on Friday by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. This marks the first time the department has used email to ...
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  • 2/12/2013 5:25:49 PM
  • Salvors refloat federal vessel that sank in Kodiak
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A 63-foot U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service vessel that sank while docked at a Kodiak harbor has been refloated. A Coast Guard spokesman, Petty Officer Grant DeVuyst, says the research vessel Arlluk was refloated Saturday. DeVuyst says the
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  • 2/11/2013 7:07:13 PM
  • US Fish and Wildlife boat sinks in Kodiak harbor
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A 63-foot U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service boat sank as it was docked in Kodiak. The Coast Guard says the research vessel Arluk was discovered submerged by harbormaster staff at 3:30 a.m. Friday. The cause is not known. No one was on ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/9/2013 12:40:03 AM
  • Fairbanks man to serve on Board of Fish
  • Reed Morisky, of Fairbanks, was Gov. Sean Parnell’s pick for the recently vacated seat and although his appointment is subject to confirmation by the Alaska Legislature, the guide said he was excited to begin the process. “I’ve followed fisheries for ...
  • Kenai Peninsula Clarion
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  • 2/8/2013 4:11:49 PM
  • Fairbanks fishing guide lands on fisheries board
  • FAIRBANKS — An Arctic grayling fishing guide from Fairbanks has landed a spot on the Alaska Board of Fisheries. Reed Morisky was named to the seven-member board by Gov. Sean Parnell. Morisky will replace Bill Brown of Juneau, who resigned in January with .
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/8/2013 9:23:48 AM
  • Fairbanks guide appointed to state Board of Fisheries
  • FAIRBANKS-An Arctic grayling fishing guide from Fairbanks was appointed to the Alaska Board of Fisheries on Thursday. Reed Morisky was named to the seven-member board by Gov. Sean Parnell to replace Bill Brown of Juneau, who resigned in January with 18 ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/7/2013 8:23:32 PM
  • Feds reject Alaska refuge road pitched to aid patients
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The federal government said Tuesday it rejected a plan to build a road through a wildlife refuge that would have given a small Aleut village in Alaska better access to medical care. Villagers in remote King Cove had sought the one ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/6/2013 4:04:03 AM
  • McDonald's to put 'Fish McBites' in Happy Meals
  • Fish McBites, which are fried pieces of fish, will use the same Alaska Pollock used in the fast-food chain’s Filet-O-Fish. The launch marks the start of what McDonald’s says is a bigger pipeline of new limited-time offers for the year ahead.
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 2/5/2013 5:02:30 AM
  • Fisheries committee talks roadside fishing
  • “It provides our youth with an excellent opportunity to enjoy Alaska’s wonderful marine resources.” Committee Chair Jim Becker said the group started work on the issue of access in 2009. “It’s a long time coming,” Becker said. In late ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 2/5/2013 3:15:07 AM
  • Giant trevallys the topic of upcoming fly fishing meeting
  • The public is invited to attend a slideshow presentation by Tony Soltys on his recent fly fishing trip, with Alan Doty, to Christmas Island in January at the upcoming meeting of the Raincountry Flyfishers at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 6, in the Thunder ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 2/1/2013 5:00:05 AM
  • Anadromous Fish Habitat Task Force continues gathering information
  • “Are the provisions of the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s anadromous fish habitat protection code appropriate for some or all of the lakes that are included in the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Atlas and Catalogue of Waters Important for ...
  • Kenai Peninsula Clarion
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  • 1/31/2013 12:00:37 AM
  • Fly guys: Idaho fishing duo casts for laughs
  • BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Hank Patterson is the funniest man in fly fishing. OK, maybe that’s setting the bar a little low, but a low bar is how “Hank Patterson” came to be. Hank is the alter ego of Travis Swartz of Boise. Hank’s sidekick “Crazy ...
  • Kenai Peninsula Clarion
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  • 1/30/2013 11:53:28 PM
  • Regulation prohibits fishing for first-pulse kings on lower Yukon River
  • In an attempt to rebuild what has been a dwindling chinook run in recent years, the Alaska Board of Fisheries adopted a new regulation last week that will prohibit king salmon fishing on the first big pulse of fish that hit the Yukon River in early June ..
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 1/28/2013 9:08:12 AM
  • The art of preparing fish
  • “Eat everything but the bones” was a sentiment shared at the first Art of Place lecture of 2013 at the University of Alaska Southeast Friday — the theme for the series this year is food — but Ed Kunz told me you can eat the bones too, if you prepare them r
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 1/27/2013 5:06:01 AM
  • Sunken fishing vessels raised, towed to Homer
  • HOMER, Alaska — Two fishing boats that sank south of Homer were refloated and towed to the community's harbor, where they face an uncertain fate. The Homer News (http://bit.ly/XBIVHH) reports the Coast Guard, working with Global Diving and Salvage ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 1/26/2013 9:42:12 PM
  • Survey says there's 624 brown bears on the Kenai
  • KENAI, Alaska - Federal officials now have a better handle on the number of brown bears on the Kenai Peninsula. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Forest Service combined for the first estimate. The study conducted in June 2010 came up with an ...
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  • 1/25/2013 8:17:29 PM
  • Invasive pike thriving on salmon, other species in Alaska
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A federal and state study of two Alaska salmon streams indicates that nonnative northern pike can eat significant numbers of salmon smolt and will thrive on other species even when the salmon population declines. The study by the U.S ..
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  • 1/25/2013 6:34:17 AM
  • Ketchikan publisher subject of museum exhibit
  • KETCHIKAN, Alaska — The Tongass Historical Museum is holding an exhibit of Ketchikan publisher Emery Tobin's notebook: "New England Fish Co. — A 1930 Photo Album." Each photo has an informative caption, some with just a touch of humor. Museum Director ...
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  • 1/21/2013 9:05:11 PM
  • What’s in your fish? Professor researches nutrients, contaminants
  • “Their generosity overwhelmed us,” said O’Hara, who is an associate professor of wildlife toxicology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and researcher at the Center for Alaska Native Health Research. “They were amazing,” he said. “We were up ...
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  • 1/21/2013 8:55:02 AM
  • Winter offers quiet, introspective fly fishing
  • Paul Tornow, co-owner of Alaska’s Angling Addiction, suggested fishing 8 mm bead patterns that mimic fresh eggs or dark row near coho spawning beds or a dead egg pattern colored milky apricot swirl in addition to sculpin and leech patterns. Tornow said ...
  • Kenai Peninsula Clarion
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  • 1/17/2013 6:46:45 PM
  • Fish and Game edges closer to releasing bison
  • FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is one step closer to releasing wood bison back into Alaska. After nearly three years of negotiations, the  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Department of Fish and Game have come up with a draft of a ...
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  • 1/16/2013 9:15:17 AM
  • Fish and Game edges closer to releasing bison in Alaska
  • FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is one step closer to releasing wood bison back into Alaska. After nearly three years of negotiations, the  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Department of Fish and Game have come up with a draft of a ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 1/16/2013 9:15:17 AM
  • Alaska Fish and Game to issue 350 additional moose drawing permits
  • FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has almost 350 surplus drawing permits for 18 different moose hunts in the Interior that will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 8 a.m. Monday. Hunters who want permits must fax ...
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  • 1/15/2013 11:56:56 PM
  • Former Alaska fishing captain pleads guilty in fatal crash
  • KENAI, Alaska - An Alaska fishing captain who led a crew on the program that spawned the cable TV show "Deadliest Catch" has pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide and driving under the influence in a fatal crash. Clarence "Ole" Helgevold Jr., of
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 1/15/2013 11:56:56 PM
  • Ice fishing guides offer winter experience
  • ANCHORAGE — Frozen water doesn’t have to mean the end of fishing season in Alaska. Once lakes freeze up, ice-fishing season begins. Although many Alaskans go ice fishing on their own to lakes in nearly every region of the state, some guides also offer ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 1/14/2013 4:59:57 AM
  • Alaska ice fishing guides offer winter experience
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Frozen water doesn't have to mean the end of fishing season in Alaska. Once lakes freeze up, ice-fishing season begins. Although many Alaskans go ice fishing on their own to lakes in nearly every region of the state, some guides also ..
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  • 1/12/2013 11:24:42 PM
  • Boats come to aid of grounded Alaska fishing boat
  • JUNEAU, Alaska - The Coast Guard says it delivered two pumps to a leaking 50-foot fishing vessel that ran aground near Kodiak. Three other boats also came to help. An agency helicopter dropped one pump Thursday to the 50-foot vessel Neptune and then a ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 1/11/2013 7:19:31 AM
  • Engineered fish are harmful to our state's salmon industry
  • Our objection is not based upon fears of a Jurassic Park-like escape of engineered fish; it is based upon our desire for a strong and stable Alaska salmon industry. Without proper labeling, consumers have no easy way to determine whether a fish in the ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 1/11/2013 4:56:21 AM
  • Board of Fish's Brown resigns
  • Alaska’s Board of Fisheries will likely be one member short when it meets in Anchorage next week to discuss Arctic, Yukon and Kuskokwim area finfish issues. Juneau resident William Brown resigned earlier this week and in an email said he was leaving the ..
  • Kenai Peninsula Clarion
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  • 1/10/2013 6:16:17 AM
  • Board of Fish member resigns
  • SOLDOTNA, Alaska - A member of the Alaska Board of Fish has resigned. KSRM-AM (http://is.gd/sUpqr0) reports that William Brown has stepped down for personal reasons. He was partway through his second, three-year term on the board, where he served as a vice
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 1/9/2013 6:49:05 PM
  • New Year’s resolution: Eat more fish … and clams
  • One of the greatest joys of living in the lowcountry of South Carolina is the availability of fresh, local seafood all year long. Whether you fish yourself, of rely on the hard work of others to get your fill, it’s not hard to get hold of nutritious ...
  • Kenai Peninsula Clarion
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  • 1/9/2013 6:49:05 PM
  • Former fishing vessel worker seeks information
  • I am writing a book about my fishing adventures in Alaska. We were heading up the river to a cannery and did not get tied off to a mooring buoy and when the tide went out in the morning, so did this 98-foot tender — what a scene! if anyone has a ...
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  • 1/9/2013 5:37:30 PM
  • Derelict ship causes ammonia scare
  • KODIAK, Alaska - A derelict fish processing ship caused an ammonia scare in Kodiak when two crewmembers living onboard the vessel reported a leak. Kodiak firefighters were joined by Coast Guard firefighters on Monday in responding to reports of a leak on .
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  • 1/3/2013 12:33:50 AM
  • Mixed outlook for fish stocks, new regs
  • Alaska’s fisheries are in for a mixed year in 2013, if current management expectations hold true. State forecasts and federal catch limits call for increased harvests of some species — like pollock — while other runs may fall shorter than ...
  • Kenai Peninsula Clarion
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  • 12/30/2012 3:01:44 AM
  • Alaska fishing boat grounded to keep it from sinking
  • KODIAK, Alaska - The skipper of a fishing boat has run the vessel aground near Prince William Sound in Alaska to avoid sinking in deeper water. KMXT-FM reports the 42-foot vessel "Ruffian" based in Homer was sitting with its stern submerged near Latouche .
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 12/25/2012 11:53:12 PM
  • Alaska lodge, skipper cited for fishing violations
  • SITKA, Alaska - A Sitka fishing lodge and one of its fishing boat skippers have been cited for log book and bag limit violations connected to a 2009 charter fishing trip. The state filed 18 misdemeanor charges against 51-year-old skipper Eric John Morisky
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 12/25/2012 11:53:12 PM
  • Alaska fishing industry, state still working to count fish crew
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska - No one really knows how many crewmembers work the fishing vessels operating in state waters. And that could be knocking the crews and their communities out of potentially millions of dollars in grants and potential fishing quotas ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 12/25/2012 11:53:12 PM
  • Time to speak up on fish stocking plans
  • However, nothing could be farther than the truth. With Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s recent announcement that the Division of Sport Fish is now accepting public comment on its statewide fish-stocking plan, now is the time. Every angler ...
  • Kenai Peninsula Clarion
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  • 12/24/2012 5:49:19 PM
  • Thanks Alaska delegation for listening to the fishing industry
  • The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) recently approved a restructured observer program that extends observer coverage to Alaska’s small boat fleet. With the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) taking over observer ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 12/24/2012 4:56:14 AM
  • FDA says fast-growing fish would not harm nature; Alaska delegation protests
  • WASHINGTON - Federal health regulators say a genetically modified salmon that grows twice as fast as normal is unlikely to harm the environment, clearing the way for the first approval of a scientifically engineered animal for human consumption. The Food .
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 12/21/2012 11:43:38 PM
  • Historical photo: Easy fishing with a float plane
  • A Lockheed Vega float plane sits tied up at a dock at the foot of Main Street in Juneau circa 1935. Eight men pose with stringers of fish. Pilot Floyd Keadle, wearing cap, sits on the engine. The Vega was a six-passenger monoplane built by the ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 12/21/2012 11:40:39 AM
  • Good Samaritan ship rescues 3 after fishing boat sinks
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A Good Samaritan vessel rescued three fishermen after their boat sank in Southeast Thursday night. The Coast Guard in a release says the crewmen were on the 42-foot trawler Equity, which hit a rock and sank southwest of Heceta Island ..
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 12/15/2012 12:13:25 AM
  • Artists work with fish skin
  • And everything you need to transform the scaly hide into a workable piece of clothing or art material can be found in your kitchen — as three Alaska Native women are showing this week at the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center in the Anchorage Museum.
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 12/10/2012 4:58:31 AM
  • Alaska artists turn fish skins into durable clothing, artwork
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Salmon skin can be tougher than Gore-Tex or as soft as velvet. And everything you need to transform the scaly hide into a workable piece of clothing or art material can be found in your kitchen — as three Alaska Native women are ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 12/9/2012 10:31:58 PM
  • Alaska artists show thick skin when working with fish
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Salmon skin can be tougher than Gore-Tex or as soft as velvet. And everything you need to transform the scaly hide into a workable piece of clothing or art material can be found in your kitchen — as three Alaska Native women are ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 12/9/2012 10:24:48 PM
  • Too many fish are a good thing for a yard full of dogs
  • Lake Minchumina — When we decided to keep four husky pups from our summer litter to see how they worked in harness, we knew that meant feeding a lot of dogs — 19 dogs counting the old ones and the house dogs. With shipping expenses added to a high ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 12/9/2012 9:24:33 AM
  • Fish & Game drops phone-in plan for Steese caribou hunt
  • FAIRBANKS - Saying it doesn’t have the technology to ensure fair treatment to all hunters, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game on Friday said it has canceled a special phone-in caribou hunt it had planned for Fortymile caribou along the Steese Highway .
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 12/8/2012 2:30:34 AM
  • Juneau Douglas Fish and Game Advisory Committee to meet
  • The Juneau Douglas Fish and Game Advisory Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 11 in the Glacier Room of Egan Lecture Hall on the University of Alaska Southeast campus, 11120 Glacier Highway. Meeting participants will discuss Board ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 12/7/2012 5:02:04 AM
  • Department of Fish and Game unveils new web page on burbot
  • FAIRBANKS — Just in time for the ice fishing season, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has rolled out a new web page on how to fish for burbot. The highlight of the page, located on the Division of Sport Fish’s website, is a pair of informative ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 12/6/2012 8:16:32 AM
  • Fast-growing fish may never wind up on your plate
  • “Frankenfish is uncertain and unnecessary,” said Rep. Don Young of Alaska, who authored the language. The Senate did not adopt the measure. Despite such opposition, environmental groups such as the Food and Water Watch say that FDA approval seems inevitabl
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 12/5/2012 4:57:17 AM
  • ADF&G taking comment on five-year, fish-stocking plan
  • The Division of Sport Fish is now accepting public comment on its statewide fish stocking plan. The five-year plan calls for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to release approximately 7 million fish of various sizes into Alaska waters each of the next
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 12/4/2012 8:07:34 PM
  • Loans available to assist with fishing disaster
  • The U.S. Small Business Administration announced the availability of long term, low interest loans for people affected by chinook salmon fishery disaster declaration. However, some local fishermen say they are uninterested in taking out loans to ...
  • Kenai Peninsula Clarion
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  • 12/4/2012 4:39:59 PM
  • Phone problems at Fish & Game suspend planned Fortymile caribou hunt
  • FAIRBANKS—Phone problems forced the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Fairbanks to put a special Fortymile caribou hunt planned along the Steese Highway next week on hold. The department announced last week that the first 100 people to call in ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 12/3/2012 8:51:42 PM
  • Phone problems at Fish & Game cause confusion on caribou hunt list
  • FAIRBANKS - Phone problems at the Department of Fish and Game this morning have put a halt to a special caribou hunt in a portion of a zone next to the Steese Highway. The department announced last week that the first 100 people to call in beginning at 8 a
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 12/3/2012 6:21:23 PM
  • Phone problems at Fish & Game halt Fortymile caribou hunt list
  • FAIRBANKS - Phone problems at the Department of Fish and Game this morning have put a halt to a special caribou hunt in a portion of a zone next to the Steese Highway. The department announced last week that the first 100 people to call in beginning at 8 a
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 12/3/2012 4:26:51 PM
  • Fishing groups protest expanded observers program
  • KETCHIKAN — Alaska fishing groups want the state’s congressional delegation to intervene over a federal program that will put observers on a portion of commercial halibut boats next year. The Ketchikan Daily News reports 13 groups sent a ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 11/29/2012 4:57:14 AM
  • Alaska fishing groups protest expanded observers program
  • KETCHIKAN, Alaska - Alaska fishing groups want the state's congressional delegation to intervene over a federal program that will put observers on a portion of commercial halibut boats next year. The Ketchikan Daily News (http://bit.ly/V6vj6C ) reports 13
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 11/28/2012 9:19:07 PM
  • Governor, Fish and Game commissioner meet with community
  • Parnell, along with Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Cora Campbell spent more than an hour at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center answering a range of questions about the 2012 fishing season, changes in fisheries management and ...
  • Kenai Peninsula Clarion
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  • 11/28/2012 8:07:32 PM
  • ADF&G releases "how-to" burbot fishing videos
  • Just in time for the ice fishing season, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has rolled out a new web page on how to fish for burbot. The highlight of the page, located on the Division of Sport Fish’s web site, is a pair of informative “How-to ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 11/26/2012 11:16:01 PM
  • Kodiak workshop smokes out fun of salting fish
  • In total, there were 14 participants, and only two were from Kodiak. The rest came from other parts of Alaska, Washington and North Carolina. Joseph Doll and his wife Beverly Frye heard about the workshop from a professor at North Carolina State ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 11/25/2012 4:54:50 AM
  • Kodiak workshop smokes out fun of salting fish
  • KODIAK, Alaska — Eagle River resident Zach Shlosar loves smoking fish for fun and is considering turning it into a business. To find out whether or not it is something he wants to pursue commercially, he spent three days this month at a fish smoking and ..
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 11/24/2012 6:24:54 PM
  • Ice fishing houses ready for rent on Chena, Quartz lakes
  • Alaska State Parks put two ice huts on Quartz Lake on Monday while the Fairbanks North Star Borough Parks and Recreation Department set up four huts on Chena Lake in North Pole on Wednesday. State parks northern region superintendent Brooks Ludwig said the
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 11/21/2012 10:24:41 PM
  • Pirate fishing vessel in Alaska still awaiting disposal
  • JUNEAU, Alaska - The federal government has yet to dispose of a ship seized for illegal fishing last year. A spokeswoman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the process has taken longer than expected. She says there is no firm date
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 11/16/2012 9:33:21 PM
  • Students attend floating fish school
  • KETCHIKAN — When the Jack Cotant rumbled out of the harbor shortly after 7 a.m. on Oct. 23, it was the first time maritime students at Kayhi had fished commercially in 15 years — as long a time as some of the students were old. The 45-foot ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 11/16/2012 5:05:30 AM
  • Oregon man fined for illegal fishing in Alaska
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A 47-year-old Oregon man will have to pay $100,000 for falsely reporting where he caught fish in Alaska. The U.S. attorney's office on Thursday said Freddie Joe Hankins of Cove, Ore., was sentenced last week in U.S. District Court in ..
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 11/16/2012 1:59:23 AM
  • Trials in subsistence fishing case postponed
  • ANCHORAGE — Trials set to begin Tuesday have been postponed for Alaska Native fishermen charged with illegal fishing during a poor summer salmon run, their attorney said Monday. Attorney James J. Davis Jr. said he sought the delay for 11 ...
  • Kenai Peninsula Clarion
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  • 11/13/2012 6:27:48 AM
  • Kenai guide a longtime wiz of the fish, river
  • as a “legendary guide.” He is one of three Alaska guides to make the list of more than 70, according to the hall of fame’s website. “It is a humbling deal,” McFadden said. The Cooper Landing resident has been a guide for 26 years for ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 11/4/2012 5:05:25 AM
  • Kenai guide a longtime wiz of the fish, river
  • KENAI, Alaska - As the Kenai River flows and the gallery of guides comes and goes, Gary McFadden remains. The 62-year-old trout and salmon guide has been guiding on the Peninsula's most famous river as long as some guides are old and has been a permanent .
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 11/3/2012 4:33:48 PM
  • Alaska Department of Fish and Game seeks photos of kids fishing
  • FAIRBANKS - If you snapped a nice photo of your child or grandchild fishing this past summer, send it in to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game for consideration as a cover photo for the 2013 state fishing regulations booklet. Four images will be ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 11/1/2012 5:19:07 PM
  • Alaska Department of Fish and Game seeks photo of kids fishing
  • FAIRBANKS - If you snapped a nice photo of your child or grandchild fishing this past summer, send it in to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game for consideration as a cover photo for the 2013 state fishing regulations booklet. Four images will be ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 11/1/2012 5:19:07 PM
  • Trials begin in Native fishing case
  • ANCHORAGE — A trial began Monday in Bethel for the first of two dozen western Alaska Natives accused of subsistence fishing for king salmon in violation of strict restrictions set by the state because of poor runs. Bethel District Attorney ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 10/30/2012 3:59:46 AM
  • Trials begin in Alaska Native fishing case
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A trial began Monday in Bethel for the first of two dozen western Alaska Natives accused of subsistence fishing for king salmon in violation of strict restrictions set by the state because of poor runs. Bethel District Attorney June ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 10/29/2012 9:54:41 PM
  • Former Fairbanksan John Winther helped lead modern Alaska fishing industry
  • The employees at the Alaska Ship & Drydock facility in Ketchikan gathered for a moment of silence recently in honor of a former Fairbanksan who was a key figure in the building of the modern commercial fishing industry in Alaska. John Winther, 67,  was ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 10/29/2012 6:41:25 PM
  • Alaska woman wins national award for elder care
  • ANCHORAGE — Moose stew and fish head soup would surprise patients at most nursing homes, but Kay Branch found that those traditional foods can light up the eyes of elderly Alaska Natives ... salmon fish heads from fishing trips with her ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 10/19/2012 4:05:39 AM
  • Fish head soup wins Community Health Leaders award
  • ANCHORAGE — Moose stew and fish head soup would surprise patients at most nursing homes, but Kay Branch found that those traditional foods can light up the eyes of elderly Alaska Natives in urban living facilities far from their village homes.
  • Kenai Peninsula Clarion
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  • 10/18/2012 5:39:54 AM
  • This week's Evening at Egan talk to focus on Auke Creek fish
  • Friday’s Evening at Egan lecture will be led by David Tallmon, Associate Professor of Biology, University of Alaska Southeast. Tallmon will lead “What can the shifty fishes of Auke Creek tell us about adaptation to warming streams in Southeast Alaska?”
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 10/18/2012 4:06:50 AM
  • Steelhead fishing heats up on south Peninsula
  • But this time of year is best for rookies and the experienced alike, said Nick Ohlrich, co-owner and guide of Alaska Drift Away Fishing. Steelhead, which are sea-run rainbow trout, are usually leaner and meaner than regular trout and can put on ...
  • Kenai Peninsula Clarion
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  • 10/18/2012 3:02:25 AM
  • Officials to cull bison herd awaiting release in Alaska wilderness
  • State and federal bureaucrats have spent the last 2 1/2 years wrestling over a special rule under the federal Endangered Species Act and allow the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to release the animals on the Innoko Flats in Southwest Alaska.
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 10/17/2012 8:25:43 AM
  • Conservation group to cull 10 older bison at Alaska center
  • State and federal bureaucrats have spent the last 2 1/2 years wrestling over a special rule under the federal Endangered Species Act and allow the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to release the animals on the Innoko Flats in Southwest Alaska.
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 10/16/2012 2:39:08 PM
  • Alaska college savings plan earns high marks
  • BOSTON — College savings plans offered through the states of Alaska, Maryland, Nevada and Utah earned top marks from Morningstar Inc. in the company’s annual update to ratings of so-called 529 plans. Another four plans received second-rung ...
  • Kenai Peninsula Clarion
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  • 10/16/2012 5:20:47 AM
  • Man likely killed, partially eaten by bears in southeast Alaska
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Human remains found ravaged by one or more brown ... Allen said he had no indication when the victim was killed. Police and a Fish and Wildlife trooper returned to the scene Monday to try to determine if a bear connected to the death ..
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 10/16/2012 4:52:09 AM
  • Alaska islanders held during WWII reunite
  • It recently received the Alaska Historical Society’s annual award for Contributions ... subsisted mostly on local fish and game. He spoke the island dialect of Unangan, the Aleut language; adults also spoke a mix of English and Russian.
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 10/15/2012 3:56:05 AM
  • Man killed, partially eaten by brown bears on Alaska island
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Human remains found ravaged by one or more brown ... Allen said he had no indication when the victim was killed. Police and a Fish and Wildlife trooper returned to the scene Monday to try to determine if a bear connected to the death ..
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 10/14/2012 11:59:51 PM
  • Alaska islanders held by Japanese during WWII reunite
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska - On a calm spring day in 1942 ... As a child in Attu, Golodoff lived in a small, uninsulated home and, with his family, subsisted mostly on local fish and game. He spoke the island dialect of Unangan, the Aleut language; adults also ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 10/14/2012 3:31:37 PM

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