Chitina News

' Citing a small harvest and only about a 50 percent participation rate, the Department of Fish and Game will issue twice as many whitefish spearfishing permits for the Chatanika River this year as it did last.

The unofficial word from Chitina is that dip netting for red salmon in the Copper River is good but not great.

The news from Chitina just keeps getting worse for dip-netters. Dip netting for red salmon in the Copper River is still reported to be slow and an extended closure of the commercial fishery in Cordova will ...

By branding its wild salmon as gourmet - ' and banning salmon farms - ' this fishery is thriving sustainably.

Published: June 2nd, 2008 12:31 AM Last Modified: June 2nd, 2008 01:02 AM Copper River dipnetters can get their nets wet for the first time this season Thursday night.

With harvest by commercial fishermen in Cordova less than half of what was anticipated by now and sonar counts at Miles Lake lagging behind preseason projections, the opening of the dip netting season at ...

The salmon run in the Copper River appears to be running a little late, based on the results of two commercial fish openings and the number of fish counted by a sonar at Miles Lake.

Published: May 16th, 2008 12:51 AM Last Modified: May 16th, 2008 01:07 AM Seattle celebrates an Alaska-related centenary next year, the 100th anniversary of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. via Anchorage Daily News

After a stellar season in which dipnetters had the second highest catch per permit on record, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced it will open the 2008 Copper River personal use dipnet fishery at 8 ... via Anchorage Daily News

A man wanted in connection with a killing in North Pole was arrested Friday and is being held in lieu of $250,000 bail, according to Alaska State Troopers. via Anchorage Daily News

“In my mind it shows a correlation that charter customers are more effective harvesting fish than any other way”

Dip-netters at Chitina scooped more salmon out of the Copper River last summer than they have since 2001. via Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

“We just haven't had a chance to run a bunch of names past their alpha roster yet.”

Published: December 28th, 2007 01:14 AM Last Modified: December 28th, 2007 01:29 AM Soldiers helping themselves to a military discount when getting an Alaska hunting or fishing license might take note of what ... via Anchorage Daily News

“An Alaskan missionary today revealed how he made a harrowing escape from death when hungry wolves surrounded his dog team on a crosscountry trek from Wasilla to Chitina”

Modern gray wolf Credit: Wikipedia Creative Commons Thus read the headline of the Jan. via Far North Science