This week’s cartoon illustrates the basic problem every fisherman faces: How much does it cost to go fishing, and how much am I likely to make?
This year Southeast Alaska’s Chinook fisheries have taken a hit, with a significantly lower allocation from the Pacific Salmon Commission. Salmon trollers and charter fishermen are going to feel [...]

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This year we have no less than three clean water initiatives that could end up on the ballot, and one bill along the same lines in the Legislature.
A reading of each of these measures reveals that they are less about safe water than stopping construction of new mines by severely limiting what can be done [...]

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