Penney was a powerhouse in the worlds of fishing and state politics, and his unrelenting advocacy for Kenai River king salmon often put him at the center of the so-called Cook Inlet “fish wars.”
“He loved the state,” said his son, Henry Penney. “He moved here in ’51 and didn’t have a dime.”
In the 1980s, Bob Penney founded the Kenai River Sportfishing Association — a sportfishing advocacy group based in Soldotna with a mission to conserve Kenai River kings. Penney also served on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, which manages fishing in Alaska’s federal waters. “As he always told me, ‘I just want to make sure, Eldon, that my kids and my grandkids have the same opportunities that you and I do,’” he said.
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