Posted by Katherine Rose | Apr 22, 2021
The Board of Fish meeting at Sitka’s Harrigan Centennial Hall in 2018. Earlier this year, legal representatives for the Sitka Tribe of Alaska argued in court that the Alaska Department of Fish and Game had not upheld its constitutional duty in its management of the Sitka Sound Sac Roe Herring Fishery, when it did not provide the “best available information” to the Board of Fish during the 2017-2018 meeting. In March, a Juneau Superior Court Judge denied STA’s motion in the case (Emily Kwong/KCAW photo)
The commercial and subsistence herring seasons in Sitka have drawn to a close. But the legal case between Sitka Tribe of Alaska and the state continues, with a Juneau Superior Court judge recently denying Sitka Tribe’s motion for summary judgement on constitutional grounds.