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…
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State of Alaska Files Motion for Stay of the Order
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…
Coho and Chum Troll fisheries will Proceed as usual this year
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…
Press Statements from the State of 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…
ATA Press Release in Response to Judge Jones May 2nd Decision
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…
2020 Statewide Salmon Fishery Disaster Plan Finalized Including Trollers
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…
HJR 5 passed the Alaska State Legislature 3/20/23 and will be on the Governor’s desk soon.
Thank you freshman Representative Himschoot for your sponsorship and tireless work on this important resolution on behalf of our SE economy and fishing families.
Call for Volunteers to participate in a pilot project for the SE AK Salmon Troll Fishery!
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…
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…