Wednesday, June 21, 2023

A victory for trollers

The federal appeals court in San Francisco today issued an order removing the threat of a closure of the summer troll Chinook salmon fishery in Southeast Alaska.

It's a victory for troll fishermen and fishery management agencies who argued such a closure was unnecessary and economically ruinous. It's a loss for the Wild Fish Conservancy, which contends the fishery is starving endangered killer whales of a key food source.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals order overrules a Seattle judge's order that could have closed the summer and winter troll fisheries.

The 9th Circuit order likely means the summer troll fishery will open as usual on July 1.

4 comments:

  1. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game wastes no time announcing the summer troll fishery is a go:

    https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/applications/dcfnewsrelease/1485929913.pdf

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  2. Alaska's governor, attorney general, and fish and game commissioner rejoice in this press release:

    https://law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2023/062123-FishIsOn.html

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  3. The Alaska Trollers Association declares: "We fish!"

    http://www.aktrollers.org/2023/06/21/we-fish/

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  4. Here's the Wild Fish Conservancy's reaction to the the 9th Circuit order:

    https://wildfishconservancy.org/court-rules-in-favor-of-short-term-economics-over-endangered-species-protections-for-southern-resident-killer-whales-and-wild-chinook/

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