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[ul][font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font][li]Kenai River to close for early-run kings through July 1[/li][font "Times New Roman"][size 3][/size][/font][/ul]
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By BETH BRAGGand ZAZ HOLLANDER
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anchorage DailyNewsFebruary 27, 2014 Updated 13 hours ago
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2014-02-28T04:04:52Z
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By BETH BRAGG and ZAZ HOLLANDER Anchorage_Daily_News
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[ul][font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font][li][url "https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/sf/EONR/index.cfm?ADFG=region.R2#storylink=relast"]LinkDept. of Fish and Game sportfish emergency orders[/url][/li][font "Times New Roman"][size 3][/size][/font][/ul]
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For the secondyear in a row, the Kenai River will be closed to king salmon fishing in May andJune because of expected weak returns -- the first time in half a century theriver has experienced back-to-back closures for early-run kings.
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"The lasttime the king salmon season was closed for two consecutive years was1964-65," Robert Begich, a state biologist in Soldotna, said Thursday."And it hasn't been done preseason since 1965."
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The Alaska Department of Fish and Gamealso issued a total of seven emergency orders Thursday alerting anglers topending restrictions that limit retention of kings on the Kasilof River, AnchorRiver, the Little Susitna River, and the Susitna River and its tributaries.
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