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SalmonState condemns Wild Fish Conservancy’s fatally flawed approach to environmentalism and judge’s decision on Alaska’s troll fishery
JUNEAU, ALASKA—SalmonState condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the Wild Fish Conservancy’s misguided, destructive lawsuit against commercial salmon trollers in Southeast Alaska — and Seattle-based federal district judge Richard Jones’ decision today upholding a magistrate’s recommended order that would close the fleet’s winter and summer Chinook salmon fishery.
SalmonState commends Roadless Rule reinstatement
JUNEAU—SalmonState commends the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision today to reinstate the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which comes in response to overwhelming support in Southeast Alaska. The reinstatement is a core element of the U.S. Forest Service’s Southeast Alaska Sustainability Strategy — a new approach to land management and development that puts Southeast Alaskan communities and Tribes squarely in the lead.
Fishermen and conservation groups call on Alaska's leaders to stand up to misguided Pacific Northwest lawsuit attacking Alaskan fishing families
Juneau, AK - Alaska fishermen and conservation groups called a recent Washington federal court ruling that is requiring more review of the impacts of Chinook salmon harvest by Alaska trollers on endangered Puget Sound killer whales a “dangerous distraction,” and “scapegoating at its worst.” The August 8th ruling in the suit, filed by the Washington-based Wild Fish Conservancy, will likely mean more environmental analysis of the impacts of Southeast Alaska’s highly regulated hook and line fishing for Chinook salmon, leading to more uncertainty for small-boat fishermen throughout the region.