Wed, 04/21/2021 - 8:53am Crew from the Barnes’ setnet site near Nikiski guide a skiff loaded with salmon into the beach to be sorted on July 11, 2016. Fishermen in Cook Inlet are facing another poor harvest forecast for sockeye and the drift fleet is battling a plan to close the federal waters of the Inlet to all salmon fishing. (Photo/Elizabeth Earl/For the Journal) Cook Inlet’s commercial fishermen are facing pressure from two directions in the upcoming season: one is the looming potential for a complete federal waters closure, and the other is another poor projection of sockeye retur...