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Fishermen sue over proposed Cook Inlet closure

This week Wes Humbyrd and two other fishermen filed a lawsuit to challenge a regulation that would permanently ban commercial salmon fishing in the federal waters of Alaska’s Cook Inlet. Proposed by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, this regulation, Amendment 14, will close the salmon fishery in Cook Inlet permanently. “The North Pacific Fishery … Continue reading Fishermen sue over proposed Cook Inlet closure