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Sitka Tribe scores one win in herring lawsuit and tries for another
Posted by Katherine Rose | Jan 7, 2021
STA staff and volunteers distribute herring eggs on branches after the 2020 subsistence harvest (KCAW/Berett Wilber)
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Sitka Tribe of Alaska in November won another round in its legal fight with the state over the management of the commercial herring fishery. And next week (1-14-20) the court will hear new oral arguments, and decide whether the state has upheld its constitutional responsibilities in its management of the fishery.
Andy Erickson is a lawyer with the firm Landye Bennett Blumstein, representing the Sitka Tribe of Alaska in its legal battle with the state that’s spanned over two years.