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Setnet closure threatens livelihoods on Peninsula 

 07/23/12 - 8:45am

This week, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game closed commercial fishing for east-side set netters on the Kenai Peninsula due to a low king salmon return.

As a set netter based off Cohoe Loop near Humpy Point, this came as a devastating blow to what has already been a dismal season for those of us trying to operate a small family-run business.

 

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