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Here are a couple of items concerning salmon management in the Cook Inlet Exclusive Economic Zone. • Anchorage federal Judge Sharon Gleason ...

A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit two tribal organizations brought against the National Marine Fisheries Service challenging the Beri...

This court order could have serious consequences for commercial fishing in Southeast Alaska, as the state Department of Fish and Game expla...

A judge this week denied a bid to force the state to reopen the eastside Cook Inlet salmon setnet fishery.

In a huge ruling issued today, a judge has vacated Amendment 14, which closed the federal waters of Cook Inlet to commercial salmon fishing...

A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit opposing development of the Pebble mine. Here's the ruling .

A federal judge has ruled in favor of the National Marine Fisheries Service and industry in a case in which Oceana and Greenpeace challenged...

Deckboss trusts you recall how Kodiak processors sued the federal government challenging the Central Gulf of Alaska rockfish catch shares p...

A federal judge has thrown out a challenge to limited entry for Alaska halibut charter boats. Here's the ruling . And here's what we...

We have a flurry of new filings in the Steller sea lion case. As you'll recall, federal Judge Timothy Burgess last month upheld commerci...

Here's a press release from the Marine Conservation Alliance: Jan. 20, 2012 MCA applauds portion of ruling in Steller sea lion case A vi...

Read the high court's 26-page opinion here . The Alaska Department of Law issued the following press release: Jan. 20, 2012 Alaska Supr...

Here is a statement from the National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Regional Office, on the Steller sea lion ruling: "Overall, we ar...

Deckboss reckons we'll hear quite a bit of reaction to the big Steller sea lion ruling. Here's the first of it, from conservation gr...

The judge indicates on page 54 of his decision that despite the failure of federal fishery regulators to prepare an environmental impact sta...

Here is the judge's overall finding in the Steller sea lion case: As discussed in detail below, although the Court sympathizes with the ...

A federal judge has ruled substantially in favor of the National Marine Fisheries Service, and against industry groups and the state, in a c...

The 12-page ruling says the Alaska Board of Fisheries lacked an "emergency" basis to enact late-minute regulations that drift gil...

Looks like a Fairbanks judge has declared the Alaska Board of Fisheries the winner, for the most part, in a lawsuit challenging the board...

Reliable sources tell me a Washington, D.C., federal judge today declined to grant Southeast Alaska halibut charter boat operators an injunc...