JUNEAU – Wednesday, the Alaska Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 219, which provides Alaskans with an equal opportunity to retain a Personal Use Cabin Program (PUCP) permit within their family until a permanent solution can be provided by the legislature and the Division of Mining, Land and Water. The program was repealed in 1997 to […]
JUNEAU – On Monday, Senator Scott Kawasaki (D-Fairbanks) introduced Senate Bill 99 that directs the Board of Fisheries to place restrictions on sport and commercial fisheries before putting restrictions on personal use fisheries when the harvest is limited to achieve a management goal. The legislation excluded the existing priority for subsistence. “Thousands of Alaskans […]
(KENAI, Alaska) – With this weekend’s influx of Alaskans that are expected to make an appearance on the Kenai Peninsula for the personal use fishery, Alaska Wildlife Troopers would like to pass on some friendly reminders for the people (not the fish.) Once you arrive at the fishery – located on Kenai Beach a mile […]