Letters to the Editor

Letter: Fish and game blows it

As a sportfisherman on the Kenai River for 40 years, it has been painful to watch the continued destruction of our salmon runs. This year sets a new low under Department of Fish and Game management. Too many commercial openings were given too early, despite all the signs of a poor red run. Their paranoia about having a single fish too many in the river has bitten us all, as it now appears there won't be enough to make minimum escapement. Otherwise, they played Russian roulette with the run and lost, big time.

It's time for a new governor, a new commissioner who isn't a lifelong commercial fisherman and an overhaul of the Board of Fish. I look forward to the next round of Southcentral management review with some new personnel that care first and foremost about maintaining healthy salmon runs for the next 100 years.
— Tom Wellman
Sterling

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