AFN has been allowed to intervene in the lawsuit against the state, which claims its management of Kuskokwim River fishing violates federal law.
Alaska’s federal and state governments have never comfortably co-existed on the Kuskokwim River. Each shares management of the river, and each has its own priorities. Now that the federal governmentThe Alaska Federation of Natives is the latest party to side with the federal government. A federal judge last week grantedThe Kuskokwim has historically provided a wealth of salmon to the communities that hug its shores.
AFN legal counsel Nicole Borromeo says the landmark Katie John court case, which affirmed a rural priority for subsistence fishing, is also jeopardized by the state. “We fought the battle. We’ve won the battle,” Borromeo said. “But apparently the state has yet decided to mount up again for another legal attack on the rural priority.”
In times where the runs are strong enough to support subsistence fishing, the state has taken over management of subsistence fisheries in the Lower Kuskokwim, which Vincent-Lang says affects the overall management of the river.
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