AK Board of Fish limited a commercial fleet to protect Western Alaska salmon. Then the AG stepped in

By: Olivia Ebertz

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: June 5, 2026

Words: 1,903

Last Updated: 2 days, 17 hours ago

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Just as hundreds of fishermen begin pouring into the Aleutian Islands ahead of its most productive season, a conflict over restrictions on commercial salmon harvests has erupted.

After the Alaska Board of Fisheries passed restrictions on the Aleutian commercial fleet to protect salmon bound for Western Alaska spawning streams, Alaska’s acting attorney general, Cori Mills, invalidated the measures last month.

Now, subsistence advocates say they may try to win the restrictions back in a lawsuit …

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