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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.
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.
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
SEATTLE (AP) — A ruling from a U.S. judge in Seattle could effectively shut down commercial king salmon trolling in Southeast Alaska — a valuable industry