A federal appeals court has ruled that Metlakatla tribal members may fish commercially in waters off their Southeast Alaska reservation — specifically, in districts 1 and 2 — and they don't need a state permit to do so.
This startling court opinion would seem to knock a serious hole in the state's fishery management authority, in particular the limited entry program.
The state fisheries managers have been acting like a joke (trawl bycatch), they should expect to be treated like a joke.
ReplyDeleteI’m going to move to Metlakatla, buy a boat, and because I’m an Annette Is fisherman, enter as I please into the Southern SE blackcod fishery.
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