Southeast Alaska trollers question federal court’s award to plaintiffs in chinook suit

By: Anna Laffrey, Daily Sitka Sentinel

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: January 27, 2026

Words: 1,642

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago

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The Wild Fish Conservancy’s use of the Equal Access to Justice Act is alarming the small-boat fishermen who fought the conservancy’s lawsuit that sought to close the Southeast Alaska chinook troll fishery to preserve migratory chinook as prey for the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales that feed in waters near Puget Sound.

WFC, a membership-based nonprofit with offices in Duvall, Washington, filed that lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service in U.S. District Court in …

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