Court affirms split federal-state salmon management system for Alaska’s Cook Inlet

Court affirms split federal-state salmon management system for Alaska’s Cook Inlet

Sockeye salmon swim in the Kenai River in 2008. As a result of ligitation, the National Marine Fisheries Service manages commercial salmon harvests in Cook Inlet's federal waters and the state continues to manage harvests in state waters. Cook Inlet salmon use the Kenai River and other sites when they return to freshwater for spawning. (Photo by Kentaro Yasui/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)A federal judge has upheld the National Marine Fisheries…