Please distribute to others affected by the WFC lawsuit. This alert will go to the Washington State delegation as well so we want our Washington fishermen input. https://secure.ngpvan.com/vmCvG4D0nU6rOJBKLAQnSg2

Please distribute to others affected by the WFC lawsuit. This alert will go to the Washington State delegation as well so we want our Washington fishermen input. https://secure.ngpvan.com/vmCvG4D0nU6rOJBKLAQnSg2
ATA Port Meeting, Sitka February 28th at 2:00 pm NSRAA conference room
Alaska Trollers Association:Wild Fish Conservancy v. Thom, et al., USDC Western District of Washington Case No. 2:20-cv-00417 January 3, 2023 Update and Funding Request Background legal summary provided by ATA attorney Douglas Steding of Northwest Resource Law “On March 18, 2020,…
Wild Fish Conservancy Lawsuit Update The lawsuit brought by the Wild Fish Conservancy is a challenge to the Biological Opinion (BiOp), the document that provides Endangered Species Act coverage to all of Southeast Alaska’s salmon fisheries. The judge issued an…
On December 13, 2022 federal Magistrate Michelle Peterson issued a recommendation to close both the winter and summer Chinook fisheries until the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) revises its 2019 Biological Opinion that authorizes the Alaska troll fishery. Magistrate Peterson’s…
ATA and ALFA developed this white paper on trolling impacts for the purpose of educating the MRAG decision-makers in their MSC certification renewal considerations. – ATA.ALFA Orca White Paper Handout – ALFA.ATA White Paper. Orca, Chinook and Troll Fishery *up to…
10:00 am on Tuesday, 10/25/22 at Ted Ferry Civic Center and we will be serving good coffee!
Ballots are going out soon for our 2022 ATA Board of Director elections. Only members in good standing will receive ballots we are seeking board members for Petersburg and Ketchikan currently. Thank you for keeping your membership current and check your mailbox…
Our hook and line king salmon fishery is low impact, harvesting one fish at a time, and our harvests are annually limited to about a third of what we historically harvested. We’ve been fishing for over one hundred years using…