The Association of Village Council Presidents and Tanana Chiefs Conference have sued the National Marine Fisheries Service in federal court, challenging the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish fisheries.
The
33-page lawsuit cites trawl bycatch of salmon and "rapid and unprecedented" ecosystem change.
Here's a press release on the lawsuit:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.avcp.org/2023/04/10/two-alaska-tribal-organizations-sue-the-federal-government-to-protect-subsistence-fishing-as-the-salmon-crisis-intensifies/