Judge Jones denied ATA’s request for a stay in the Western Washington district court yesterday, Friday 5/26/23. ATA and the State of Alaska and NOAA (US) have already filed appeals with the Ninth Circuit Court and we are also now…

Judge Jones denied ATA’s request for a stay in the Western Washington district court yesterday, Friday 5/26/23. ATA and the State of Alaska and NOAA (US) have already filed appeals with the Ninth Circuit Court and we are also now…
On Monday, May 8th, the State of Alaska filed a Motion to Stay the Order that shuts down trollers with the Western District Court in Seattle. On Tuesday, May 9th, ATA joined the Motion. Getting a Stay of the Order…
News Bulletin 5/6/23: ATA received confirmation from ADFG late yesterday that the troll coho and chum fisheries will occur this year as normal, although without Chinook retention. Recent News Articles: Federal judge rules in favor of shutting down SE Alaska…
Both the State of Alaska and ATA are preparing to file their appeals today in the WFC lawsuit. Below are the public statements issued today. – The State of Alaska (Department of Law) press release regarding Judge Jones’s decision. https://law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2023/050223-ChinookFishery.html…
On May 2, 2023, Judge Jones ruled on the WFC lawsuit. Attached is the order we received. This order adopts Judge Peterson recommendations, vacating the Incidental Take Statement that governs the SEAK summer and winter fisheries. The Court’s order will cause irreparable…
The final draft Spend Plan for funds appropriated to address the 2020 Norton Sound, Yukon River, Kuskokwim River, Chignik, Southeast Alaska; and 2021 Yukon River salmon disaster determination was transmitted to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) on April…
Thank you freshman Representative Himschoot for your sponsorship and tireless work on this important resolution on behalf of our SE economy and fishing families.
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…
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…