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…
Category: WFC Lawsuit
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…
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.
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…
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…