Opinion: The end of an era for Alaska fishing may already be here, writes Homer author and journalist Tom Kizzia. The current decline, darkly, seems tied to failing chinook runs all over Alaska and the West Coast.
Jordan Theisen, left, Eli Butler and Katie Cooper of Kenai Salmon Co. pick red salmon from a setnet exposed on the beach as the tide recedes on Thursday morning, July 23, 2015, in Kenai just north of the mouth of the Kenai River. The scenic backdrop includes Mt. Spurr.
The historic Long Island fishing town of Amagansett is about 100 miles from New York City — roughly the distance from Ninilchik to Anchorage. Remarkably, a remnant commercial fishery continued on eastern Long Island into the 1980s, despite mounting pressure from urban growth, pollution and rival sport fishermen.described the struggles of the last New York families to beach-seine for striped bass.
A setnet yields red salmon as it is pulled into a skiff on Thursday morning, July 23, 2015, just north from the mouth of the Kenai River. The state fish board meetings I attended as a reporter crackled with political energy. Sport guides blamed declining king numbers on sneaky commercial guys, while setnetters pointed at the guides’ outboards running over spawning beds.State electoral politics came increasingly into play as the Anchorage area grew.
Management tightened up. The 400 or so active setnet permit holders lost some clout. Fishing closures became more closely tied to king salmon counts.The Inlet’s red salmon returns remain strong, but the Kenai kings are in real trouble. Two decades ago, as many as 90,000 late-run kings returned, compared to an average close to 20,000 in recent years.
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