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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.
BoF Meeting back in Anchorage. 3/10-3/22
ATTENTION TROLLERS NEEDED TO TESTIFY IN ANCHORAGEWhile it’s uncertain which day(s) will contain the salmon issues, our best bet is the 16th or 17th of March in Anchorage. While we realize this location is inconvenient, it is imperative that the board…
POSSIBLE CHANGE TO BOARD OF FISH VENUE AGAIN
As of yesterday ATA learned that the BoF is considering revising its SE Meeting to be in Ketchikan on March 10 through 20th, with salmon listed last on their agenda. Since it is difficult to judge when salmon will be…
ATA ACTION ALERT: Submit BoF Comments thru February 23
ATTENTION TROLLERS: The Board of Fish has rescheduled Salmon proposals to March 18 -22 and will be accepting written comments thru February 23. URGENT: We need Trollers to write the Board of Fish in opposition to Proposals 83 and 88 and any reallocation of the remaining…