The lawsuit is asking the court to require the National Marines Fisheries Services to take another look at its plan for ground fish fisheries management.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Association of Village Council Presidents and the Tanana Chiefs Conference have filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service in U.S. District Court to protect subsistence fishing rights.
The lawsuit alleges that NOAA fisheries have been using outdated environmental studies when setting groundfish catch limits for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. “Food security means having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food. For the last three years, I have received almost daily phone calls and emails from elders, grandmothers, parents, and Tribal leaders all telling me that people are not secure,” Association of Village Council Presidents CEO Vivian Korthuis said.
“In the last 10 years, the restriction on subsistence fishers have increased more and more. Then starting in 2020 and continuing into 2021, those restrictions have gotten really harsh and at this point, families aren’t able to fish for salmon at all,” Anderson said. “It’s pretty well known to folks in Alaska — an ongoing, just catastrophic, salmon decline in Western and Interior Alaska that has led to disaster declarations and a cultural and food security crisis for the people of Yukon and Kuskokwim region,” Glover said.
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