We’re looking for 10 trollers to participate in a pilot project for an Electronic Logbook for the troll fishery to help provide valuable data to fishery management, research and the fleet. The paper version of this program ran between 1976-1991 and…
Year: 2023
LAWSUIT UPDATE:
March 14, 2023 Message from ATA President Matt Donohoe Hello Trollers, When the self-serving, opportunistic, serial litigant Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC) first brought suit in 2020 to close our Southeast Alaska (SEAK) hook and line troll fishery the world seemed…
In the News…
What researchers learned studying PNW orcas hunting for salmon Seattle Times by Isabella Breda – March 13, 2023 In a first-of-its-kind study of the hunting behaviors of salmon-eating orcas, researchers found stark differences in two populations of killer whales that may have implications…
ATA Legal Fund Contributors From: Municipalities, Businesses and Organization
City and Business Legal contributions updated as of 3/22/23Municipalities / Businesses / Organizations Petersburg 2,500 Sitka 5,000 Sitka Salmon Shares 2,500 SEAGO 10,000 City of Craig 5,000 ALFA (+3000 in-kind since) 2,000 NSRAA (of which $75k is recent) 100,000 Chinook…
House Joint Resolution 5 moves out of Alaska House Fisheries Committee supporting protection of Southeast Alaska’s troll fishery
Juneau, AK – On Tuesday, the Alaska State Legislature’s House Special Committee on Fisheries received testimony and passed a resolution (HJR 5) that calls for state and federal agencies to defend Southeast Alaska’s troll fishery from a potential closure this year due to…
Action Alert
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 Attorney’s Update on WFC Lawsuit
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,…
