In the district court, the state argued that the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act doesn’t permit the federal government to regulate fishing on state-owned navigable waters, but U.S.

The Alaska dispute erupted in 2021, when state regulators on the Kuskokwim issued fishing restrictions that conflicted with regulations set by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Moving forward, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is prohibited from reinstating its orders from 2021 and 2022. It’s also enjoined from taking similar actions that interfere with federal orders ...

Chum counts took a nosedive in 2021, and this year’s count is the second-lowest on record; as a result, state and federal fishery managers have closed chum fishing on the Yukon.