Year: 2023
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,…
From ADFG on the WFC Lawsuit
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…
What the heck is going on with the WFC Lawsuit?
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…