Fish and Game criticized over “chronic failure” regulating Mat-Su waters

Leadership at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game got an earful Tuesday night in Palmer.
That’s where the Matanuska-Susitna Borough’s fish commission told Fish and Game Commissioner Sam Cotten and other top officials about what the borough described as a “chronic failure” to let fish pass through Cook Inlet to the Mat-Su’s rivers and creeks.
For years, Mat-Su anglers and sport fishing guides have been at odds with commercial fishing interests farther south in Coo