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The United States of America v. The State of Alaska et al

  1. March 11, 2026

    Alaska Fights Tribes' $2M Legal Fees In Fishing Rights Row

    Alaska is asking a federal court to deny a bid for attorney fees by a Native organization in a dispute over rules regulating subsistence fishing in the Kuskokwim River, arguing it could collectively cost $2.2 million for the case that ultimately ended in the U.S. Supreme Court.

  2. April 01, 2024

    Feds Catch Win In Alaska Subsistence Fishing Dispute

    A federal judge has granted the U.S. government's bid for an early win in its challenge against Alaska over subsistence fishing rules in the Kuskokwim River, which runs through the state's southwest region, ruling that the United States is entitled to a permanent injunction.

  3. October 16, 2023

    Alaska Tribal Group Has Interest In Fishing Suit, Judge Says

    An Alaskan Native American organization can intervene in a dispute over the Biden administration's subsistence gill net fishing rules in the Kuskokwim River, with a federal district judge determining that its bid was timely despite objections from the state claiming it could cause unneeded delays toward final resolution.

  4. October 04, 2023

    Alaska Fights Tribal Org.'s Intervention In Gill Net Fishing Suit

    The state of Alaska is urging a federal district court to deny a bid by a Native American organization to intervene in a challenge against the Biden administration over subsistence gill net fishing rules in the Kuskokwim River, saying allowing the move would prejudice the case and cause unneeded delays.

  5. September 06, 2023

    Kuskokwim Not Public Land, Alaska Says In Feds' Fishing Suit

    The state of Alaska wants an early win in a lawsuit brought against it by the Biden administration over subsistence fishing rules in the Kuskokwim River that runs through southwest Alaska, telling an Alaska federal court that the federal government cannot overtake the state's power to regulate its fisheries.

  6. July 31, 2023

    Tribes Ask Judge To Block Alaska Gill Net Fishing Order

    Tribal alliances are asking an Alaska federal judge to permanently block state officials' attempt to open part of the Kuskokwim River to gill net fishing by all residents of the state, saying it violates laws favoring rural subsistence users already struggling with declining salmon runs.

  7. August 01, 2022

    Alaska Native Corp. Ahtna Can Step Into Fishing Fight

    An Alaska federal judge has allowed Ahtna Inc. to take part in a challenge to a state order that would allow gill net fishing by all Alaskans on a stretch of the Kuskokwim River, saying that the Alaska Native corporation can intervene to seek to preserve key circuit precedent on Native subsistence fishing.

  8. July 11, 2022

    56 Tribes, Fishers Wade Into Alaska Fishing Dispute

    Subsistence fishers and an alliance of 56 tribes say a state order that would have opened a stretch of Alaskan river to gill net fishing would directly harm them and other rural residents.

  9. June 24, 2022

    Feds, Tribal Commission Catch Win In Alaska Fishing Dispute

    A federal judge in Alaska has blocked a state order opening a stretch of the Kuskokwim River to gill net fishing, saying the federal government and an intertribal fishing group are likely to win on their claims that the order conflicts with the hunting and fishing priority given to rural subsistence dwellers on federal lands and waters in Alaska.