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Posted by Katherine Rose | Apr 29, 2021 A group of local advocates known as the ‘Herring Protectors’ protest the state’s management of the Sitka Sound Sac Roe Herring Fishery. (KCAW/Berett Wilber) After several years of litigation, the case between the Sitka Tribe of Alaska and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and Board of Fisheries has been resolved and will not go to trial this summer. Sitka Tribe filed suit against ADF&G in 2018, over the department’s management of the Sitka Sound Sac Roe Herring Fishery. On Monday (4-26-21), Juneau Judge Daniel Schally signed the order vacating the trial, originally scheduled for June 1. ....
Herring Protectors discuss state and future of fish in virtual forum Posted by KCAW News | Feb 18, 2021 Last week, Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes hosted a Virtual Native Issues Forum titled “The State of Our Herring” with four members of the Herring Protectors group. Watch the full forum here. While it’s still about a month until schools of herring will begin to spawn in Sitka Sound, the conversation around the role of subsistence advocacy and knowledge in herring management has already started. Last week, the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska hosted a virtual panel with four members of the Herring Protectors, a group that calls for protection of the species and subsistence rights, and advocates for changes to the state’s management of the commercial fishery. ....