On Monday in Bethel, attorney Joe Geldhof argued that the state is managing salmon fisheries so poorly that it is violating the Alaska Constitution. (via Alaska Beacon)
filed last year against the state and the commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Forrer asked a judge in Bethel to issue a ruling declaring that the state is unconstitutionally managing the Yukon and Kuskokwim salmon fisheries and for a “mutually agreeable consent decree” outlining an as-yet-unwritten new management system.
“All I really want is for a judge to say at some point, ‘You haven’t done your job according to the constitution,’” Geldhof said. “Let’s get the judiciary to say we’ve obviously failed, the fish are gone. We haven’t managed them sustainably as is required.” “The state’s position is that Alaska Supreme Court precedent supports dismissal and in fact, is the only appropriate outcome based on the allegations made in Mr. Forrer’s complaint,” Star said.
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