a mapCook Inlet’s Exclusive Economic Zone. (From NOAA)

Two commercialized sportfishing defense groups based connected nan Kenai Peninsula are again taking nan national authorities to tribunal complete its projected guidance strategy for sportfishing successful Cook Inlet’s national waters.

The United Cook Inlet Drift Association and nan Cook Inlet Fishermen’s Fund revenge a title Wednesday successful nan U.S. District Court for Alaska. They allege that an amendment approved successful April to nan fishery scheme for nan inlet’s national waters defers nan national government’s guidance responsibilities, successful usurpation of nan national Magnuson-Stevens Act.

The affected waters, called nan Exclusive Economic Zone, tally from Kalgin Island southbound to astir Anchor Point.

Wednesday’s title is nan latest successful a drawstring of ineligible actions taken by nan groups against nan national government. The ineligible back-and-forth has been ongoing for much than a decade.

The groups secured a ineligible triumph successful 2012 aft challenging a scheme that deferred guidance of Cook Inlet’s salmon fishery to nan authorities of Alaska. The tribunal again ruled successful their favour successful 2022, erstwhile a national ruling that outright closed nan waters to commercialized sportfishing was vacated.

In nan title revenge Wednesday, UCIDA and nan Cook Inlet Fishermen’s Fund person aggregate asks.

First, they want a District Court judge to state nan national defendants violated aggregate laws, including nan Magnuson-Stevens Act, erstwhile nan amendment passed successful April. They besides want that amendment nullified, and for nan tribunal to name personification to supervise improvement of a caller amendment to Cook Inlet’s salmon fishery guidance plan.