Mat-Su Anglers Hammer State over ‘Chronic Failure’ to Get Salmon Past Cook Inlet Commercial Fleet
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Alaska Dispatch News] by Zaz Hollander - August 25, 2017
PALMER — Alaska's top fish manager faced an emotionally charged crowd in Palmer on Tuesday night that accused him of catering to the commercial Cook Inlet fleet and Kenai River interests at the cost of the once-plentiful salmon of the Mat-Su region.
After a dismal sportfishing summer, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game decided this week to loosen Little Su limits amid a delayed surge of salmon. But the decision came too late for the tourist crowds and local families with kids already in school and readying for the Alaska State Fair.
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Fish and Wildlife ...
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