Judge Enjoins Salmon Seasons On Refuge In Native Subsistence Fishing Row

Mealey's (June 28, 2022, 12:24 PM EDT) -- JUNEAU, Alaska — A federal judge in Alaska on June 23 halted the state’s summer salmon gillnet fishing seasons on the Kuskokwim River within the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge at the request of the United States, which says the seasons violate the rural subsistence fishing priority of Native Alaskans established by Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA)....