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Conservation group to sue over Kodiak, Gulf salmon management
The conservation group says 86.4% of Chinook caught in South Alaska Peninsula commercial fisheries in 2024 came from rivers outside Alaska.
- The Wild Fish Conservancy notified the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and NOAA Fisheries of its intent to sue, alleging Endangered Species Act violations in commercial and sport salmon fisheries in Kodiak, Chignik, and Alaska Peninsula waters.
- An Alaska Department of Fish and Game genetic study found 88.4% of Chinook harvested in South Alaska Peninsula commercial fisheries in 2025 originated from rivers outside Alaska, yet these fisheries operate without federal Endangered Species Act oversight unlike Washington and Oregon populations.
- Taxpayers have spent more than $9 billion over four decades restoring Columbia Basin salmon; WFC Executive Director Emma Helverson stated, "That investment can't pay off if the fish it was meant to recover are harvested off the Alaska Peninsula before they ever make it home."
- In a press release Friday, Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Douglas Vincent-Lang promised a forceful defense against the "unfounded allegations," noting the notice mirrors an unsuccessful 2020 bid regarding Southeast Alaska trollers.
- The WFC intent letter spans three management entities, three fishing areas, and three federal laws, as the group petitions the North Pacific Fishery Management Council to rewrite salmon management plans for federal waters in the Alaska Peninsula Management Area and Kodiak.
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Conservation group to sue over Kodiak, Gulf salmon management
The Wild Fish Conservancy has sent notice to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and NOAA Fisheries it intends to sue over management of sport and commercial salmon fisheries in Kodiak, Chignik and Alaska Peninsula waters, alleging violations of the Endangered Species Act.
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