9th Circuit Heard Arguments on SE Alaska King Salmon Troll Fishery; Will Rule Within 90 Days
In the ongoing litigation over whether the Southeast Alaska troll fishery kills enough Chinook salmon to harm the Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW) in Puget Sound, the three jurists in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments yesterday.
The first to step before the panel was Attorney Thekla Hansen-Young, representing the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). She shared the 20-minute allotted time with two other attorneys: one representing the state of Alaska, the other the...
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