Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 12—The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a lower court's decision in a case involving subsistence fishing in Alaska, ...

The Alaska Federation of Natives has launched an aggressive campaign to fight the Safari Club International's effort to ...

Dec. 12—New regulations for federal waters surrounding Papahanaumo ­kuakea, one of the largest marine conservation areas in the world, were voted on last week by the Western Pacific Regional Fishery ...

A salmon swims upstream. (Image by Cock-Robin from Pixabay via Courthouse News) (CN) — A federal judge rebuffed a bid by the U.S. government to block Alaskans who aren’t “qualified subsistence users” ...

(CN) — A federal judge sided with the U.S. government on Friday night to bar the state of Alaska from allowing subsistence gillnet fishing by all Alaskans on the Kuskokwim River. The order from U.S.

On August 20, 2025, in United States v. Alaska No. 24‑2251, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the federal government’s authority to create a rural subsistence fishing priority in navigable waters on federal ...

HONOLULU — The remote Kīpahulu area on the southeast side of Maui will become the third Community-Based Subsistence Fishing (CBSFA) area in Hawai’i, following previous designations of Hā’ena on Kaua’i ...

A federal district court judge on Friday ruled in favor of the Biden administration in its battle with the Alaska state government over management authority of subsistence fishing related to ...

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a case Monday that could have decided if rural Alaskans should continue getting preferential fishing rights on most rivers and lakes on state and federal land.

A subsistence fishing area in Milolii on Hawaii island has been established to ensure abundant fish stocks and perpetuate traditional and cultural practices in Hawaii. The state Board of Land and ...

An Unalaska resident has been charged with 10 counts of illegal subsistence fishing violations. Fifty-nine-year-old Juliann Tucker received the citation Wednesday, following a nearly three-month ...