The Northwest Setnetters Association (NWSA), established in 1989, advocates for the commercial salmon setnet fishery in the Northwest District of the Kodiak Salmon Management Area.

Mar 21, 2025 · Three board members advanced a significant rewrite of the proposal that would have striked setnets entirely from the list of fishing gear allowed in Cook Inlet, regardless of king runs.

Aug 1, 2024 · For the second year in a row, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has largely barred over 400 permit holders in Cook Inlet’s east side commercial setnet fishery from putting any gear in the...

Setnetting for wild Pacific salmon on Kodiak Island is both a job and a way of life. Many sites are multigenerational, with families returning for decades to remote cabins where they catch salmon with set gill nets extending from the shore, picking each fish by hand from the skiff.

Mar 11, 2025 · The Alaska Legislature's House Fisheries Committee convened on March 11, 2025, to discuss critical legislation aimed at supporting set netters across the state. The committee's deliberations centered on House Bill 117, which seeks to clarify existing laws affecting the fishing practices of families who have operated cooperatively for generations.

Aug 20, 2021 · The setnet openings are tied to the in-river sportfishery restrictions on king salmon, so when the Alaska Department of Fish and Game closed the king salmon sportfishery, setnets closed, too.

Jul 27, 2022 · In 2007, she took a trip to Tibet and traveled for six weeks with a medical team. Page taught prenatal care and labor and delivery skills to Buddhist nuns and traditional midwives. “That inspired me to take my education further and return to places in …

August 19, 2021 — In some ways, Cook Inlet’s East Side setnet fishery is the most desirable of commercial fisheries to get into: instead of having to fish remote sections of muddy beach, far from roads or towns, commercial fishermen can finish their sets for the day, jump up to the top of the bluff, and go to town for the night.

I am committed to protecting the cultural and historical set net fishery for my children, grandchildren and future generations. I started setnetting in 1978 out of wooden skiff crafted by a local builder in Larsen Bay.

Jul 23, 2022 · Salmon set netters on the east side of Cook Inlet sat on the beach while the drift fleet and tens of thousands of dip netters and anglers lined the river, shoulder-to-shoulder to fish the peak of the sockeye runs in the Kenai and Kasilof Rivers.