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January 10, 2023: What’s on the agenda at the Sitka Assembly meeting?

January 10, 2023: What’s on the agenda at the Sitka Assembly meeting?

by Katherine Rose | Jan 9, 2023 | ,

Fishermen fighting a court case that threatens to shut down commercial salmon trolling in Southeast Alaska are asking for help from the Sitka Assembly. When the assembly meets tonight (1-10-23), it will consider whether to donate $25,000 to the Alaska Trollers Association legal defense fund. The ATA is a defendant and intervener in a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) brought by the Wild Fish Conservancy in the spring of 2020.  Read More
Federal judge questions venue for king salmon injunction

Federal judge questions venue for king salmon injunction

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | May 29, 2020 | ,

A federal judge heard oral arguments on Thursday (5-28-20) in a lawsuit brought by a Washington state environmental group seeking to shut down king salmon fishing in Alaska this summer, to protect the food supply of endangered killer whales. Much of the legal debate concerned whether the US District Court was the appropriate venue for the challenge. Read More
Court orders a second look at controversial fish observer program

Court orders a second look at controversial fish observer program

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Aug 11, 2014 | ,

A US District Court judge has ruled that a newly-implemented fisheries observer program in the Gulf of Alaska may have become unreliable, and is sending federal managers back to the drawing board to fix it. The decision by Judge H. Russel Holland is being hailed as a victory by Southeast Alaska’s longline fleet, who have chafed under the new system, which requires them to carry human observers on their relatively small vessels. But federal fisheries managers see it as a win as well. Read More
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