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State fisheries board approves long-awaited Kenai kings plan
BY ZAZ HOLLANDER zhollander@adn.com February 5, 2014
Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2014/02/05/3308504/state-fisheries-board-approves.html#emlnl=Breaking_News
"Big changes are coming to the Kenai River this summer.
The Alaska Board of Fisheries on Wednesday approved new ways to protect precariously low numbers of late-run Kenai kings that members say splits the burden between sport anglers and commercial setnet fishermen.
The decision to tweak the Kenai River late-run king salmon plan, one of the most anticipated actions of a two-week session at Anchorage's Egan Center, came in a 6-1 vote and adds several new tools to existing rules.
The seven-member board's action Wednesday for the first time codifies "paired restrictions" that give state fish managers the authority to reduce both sport and commercial fishing in Cook Inlet if king numbers look low.
The trigger: Alaska Department of Fish and Game estimates that fewer than 22,500 kings will swim past a sonar counter about eight miles up the Kenai."
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State fisheries board approves long-awaited Kenai kings plan
BY ZAZ HOLLANDER zhollander@adn.com February 5, 2014
Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2014/02/05/3308504/state-fisheries-board-approves.html#emlnl=Breaking_News
"Big changes are coming to the Kenai River this summer.
The Alaska Board of Fisheries on Wednesday approved new ways to protect precariously low numbers of late-run Kenai kings that members say splits the burden between sport anglers and commercial setnet fishermen.
The decision to tweak the Kenai River late-run king salmon plan, one of the most anticipated actions of a two-week session at Anchorage's Egan Center, came in a 6-1 vote and adds several new tools to existing rules.
The seven-member board's action Wednesday for the first time codifies "paired restrictions" that give state fish managers the authority to reduce both sport and commercial fishing in Cook Inlet if king numbers look low.
The trigger: Alaska Department of Fish and Game estimates that fewer than 22,500 kings will swim past a sonar counter about eight miles up the Kenai."
Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2014/02/05/3308504/state-fisheries-board-approves.html#emlnl=Breaking_News
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