CHITINA — For riverboat captain Mark Hem, dipnetting for Copper River salmon here is a habit, a livelihood, his daily connection to the natural world of Interior Alaska. He owns Hem Charters and ...

CHITINA, Alaska — Dip netting in the Copper River at Chitina doesn’t get any better than it was last Friday. Well, that’s not entirely true. The fishing could have been better than it was but there is ...

The state is taking the historic action of shutting down Copper River dipnetting at the popular, physically demanding sites around Chitina. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game issued an emergency ...

There’s more bad news for dip-netters and sport anglers in Southcentral Alaska. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced Wednesday that it will close the Chitina River to dip-netting due to ...

The Alaska Supreme Court heard arguments in Fairbanks on Monday in a case involving the contested status of the Chitina dipnet fishery. The Copper River salmon fishery, popular with urban Alaskans, is ...