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…
Year: 2022
Bad Outcome: 9th Circuit Court Judge Rules on our WFC Case
Judge Jones finally ruled on the WFC case, not surprisingly, against us. Here is the ADFG press release as they also intervened. And the official order from the court. ADFG Press Release: Southeast Alaska Chinook Salmon Treaty Fisheries Under Attack…
ADF&G Press Release: Round 2 CARES Act Fisheries Relief Applications Now Available
Applications for “Round 2” CARES Act relief for fishery participants are now available on the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) web site. All applications must be submitted by mail through traditional methods, i.e., USPS, FedEx, UPS. The deadline for postmarking applications…
Round 2 CARES Act Relief Program Application…Coming Soon
Please monitor this website if you are interested in applying for the second CARES Act relief program.
A Winter Fishery This Year!: Thanks to Matt Donohoe and Jeff Farvour at the BoF
The 2021/2022 commercial winter troll fishery for Chinook salmon will reopen in defined outside waters east of the winter boundary line at 12:01 a.m., Sunday, April 3, 2022. The fishery will continue through April 30, 2022, or until the guideline…
What happened with SEAGO’s Proposal 83 at the BOF?
After many late night meetings on many iterations, ATA retained the 80-20 (troller to sport) split and managed to reduce the non-resident bag limit in Tier 2 and part of Tier 3, in years of low abundance. This year we…
2021 Tax Deduction for ATA memberships & contribution is 98%
As you know, a small percentage cannot be expensed due to our lobbying efforts so multiply your ATA dues and contributions by .98.
ADFG Announces Higher Tier / More Kings For Trollers
Thankfully this year trollers will have a higher allocation of kings, 44,700 more kings. The last PST agreement distributed allocation into Tiers. For 2022, we are in the next higher tier. Here is the link to the ADFG announcement pdf.