Author: Elizabeth Earl for the Anchorage Daily News

A crewman builds a net at a setnet site just north of the Kenai. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl) New management rules for Kenai River king salmon mean sockeye bag limits in the river are up, and commercial setnet fishing will likely be closed for the foreseeable future.The Kenai River late run king salmon is now officially designated as a stock of concern, which means many changes to the management plan. The Alaska Board of Fisheries finalized the designation at its meeting in Anchorage on March 1, and as part of it, revised the management plan for the fishery to help…