Fundraising
CDA must raise $5,000 to pay off loans taken to pay for our subsistence classification lawsuit. Please donate. Click for more information.
BoF Meeting
CDA board member Paul Holland will be paying his own way to Valdez for the Board of Fish meeting December 2nd through the 7th. He will be representing the Chitina Dipnetters Association and dipnetters wanting a fair shake when the salmon resource is divided amongst subsistence, commercial, personal use and sport fishermen. Donations to help him defray his expenses are appreciated.
I did not write the article about closing dip netting, but I agree with it. Are dip netters too lazy to catch fish with a rod and reel? There are three fisheries. Sport, commercial and subsistence. The law states that the commercial user is the primary harvester and further states that the burden of weak runs shall be shared equally by all user groups. As a commercial fisherman, if I can't fish then nobody fishes. The law states it very clearly.