The Kenai City Council requested that Gov. Dunleavy declare a disaster and support a recovery plan for the Upper Cook Inlet ...

Years after the Cook Inlet east side setnetters were closed for their 2018 and 2020 disasters, they will finally see the federal funds to help offset some of those losses. The Alaska Department of ...

Sockeye salmon heading to spawning grounds swim up the Kenai River on Aug. 17, 2008. Sockeye harvest problems for Upper Cook Inlet setnetters have led to fishery disaster declarations by the U.S.

The federal government declared another economic disaster for Cook Inlet’s east side set net fishery this week, the third in three years. The U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo issued the ...

Fishing boats, about half as many as their might be in a good season, wait for an opener in Chignik's city harbor. (Photo by Alex Hager / KDLG) Earlier this month, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce ...