The legal fight centered on a Metlakatla man charged with illegally fishing in waters just outside the state’s only Native reservation, but it’s not the end of the line for the tribe’s legal efforts to exempt its fishermen from state regulations.
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A ruling in the fishing rights case is expected next year.
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The case is part of a long-running dispute over tribal sovereignty.
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Metlakatla’s attorneys are due to submit their opening brief to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals by May 10. The state’s answer is due June 9.
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A federal lawsuit arguing that tribal members of the state’s sole Native reservation shouldn’t need state permits to fish outside the reserve’s marine boundaries was dismissed Wednesday.
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“…in 1891, did Congress intend to grant off-reservation fishing rights to the Metlakatlans? The answer is ‘no,’” state attorneys write.
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