Tag Archives: United Cook Inlet Drift Association

Kodiak City Council passed a resolution in support of Kodiak salmon fisheries on Thursday night. The resolution urges the Board of Fisheries, under the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to maintain traditional management of Kodiak salmon fishery. It also requests that the upcoming January meeting of the board stay in Kodiak, instead of being moved to Anchorage. The seiner …

Adult Sockeye Salmon encounter a waterfall on their way up-river to spawn. (Photo by Marvina Munch / USFWS) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak is gearing up to oppose what it considers a threat to its fisheries. Last year, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game released a study that found a percentage of Kodiak area sockeye salmon are Cook Inlet fish. Now, …