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A ruling from a U.S. judge in Seattle could effectively shut down commercial king salmon trolling in Southeast Alaska — a valuable industry that supports some 1,500 fishermen — after a conservation group challenged the harvest as a threat to protected fish and the endangered killer whales that eat them.
A conservation group has filed a lawsuit that could shut down Alaska’s commercial king salmon trolling. The lawsuit said the harvest endangers starving orcas.
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The Seattle Federal Court ruled in favor of the Wild Fish Conservancy, closing king salmon fisheries in southeast Alaska to bolster orca populations.
A federal judge issued an order Tuesday that appears to close an iconic Southeast Alaska salmon fishery for at least the summer season - a decision
The ruling has left hundreds of summer jobs in limbo but king salmon population are "crashing" all along the west coast, with similar decisions taken in California and Oregon last month.