A federal court ruled that the State of Alaska cannot issue gillnet openers for all Alaskans in the federal areas of the Kuskokwim River, at least for now. That will be the job of the federal government.
ANILCA gives preference to rural subsistence users to fish, and fishing has been difficult for subsistence users. That’s because Chinook numbers on the river have been on a downward trend for years, and chum numbers are starting to crash too. Kwethluk-born, Bethel-based Harry Alexie said that the absence of fish is deeply felt.
Alexie said that he likes the federal government’s conservation-based approach. He also likes that the feds co-manage the river with Tribes, whereas the state does not. “You can’t give a fish back to the federally qualified user that was taken by a non-federally qualified user. We’re not going to somehow be able to compensate the members of the federally recognized Tribes along this portion of the Kuskokwim River,” said attorneys for the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission.
KYUKNews Dies that mean the federal subsistence board has to reconvene?
KYUKNews At the risk of sounding like a nutcase, honest question: what is the federal government's constitutional authority for managing fish and game resources?
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