As next Wednesday’s Alaska Supreme Court hearing on an initiative banning commercial setnet fishing in Cook Inlet approaches, tensions grow on the Kenai Peninsula. The Kenai Fisherman’s Association organized two protests this week. Many of those who took part carried signs expressing their opposition to the setnet initiative. But Dave Athons, the retired fisheries biologist who organized the demonstrations, says the main purpose was to express disapproval of the Kenai River Sportfisherman’s Association. “They are a political organization, using conservation as a front,” Athons said.
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