LUTHERAN QUILTERS – Members of the Quilts for Comfort Group stand between pews draped with some of the 205 quilts they made, in the Sitka Lutheran Church Tuesday. The group made the quilts for five local non-profits and one in Anchorage. The remaining quilts are sent to Lutheran World Relief which  distributes them to places around the world in need, such as Ukraine, as part of Personal Care Kits. Pictured are, from left, Helen Cunningham, Kathleen Brandt,Vicki Swanson, Paulla Hardy, Kim Hunter, Linda Swanson and Sue Fleming.  (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

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    Timed with U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s visit today, about two dozen Sitka residents staged a demonstration outside Westmark Sitka to protest the Pacific Salmon Treaty process.
    This morning’s demonstration was organized by the Chinook Futures Coalition, which has held several protests in the past few months about the treaty currently under negotiation.
    “This is a broken federal process,” CFC director Deborah Lyons told the Sentinel. “If Lisa Murkowski has the will to undertake review and revision of this treaty ... If she has the will, there’s a way.”

A group of about 20 people stand in front of the Westmark Hotel to protest the terms of the North Pacific Salmon Treaty today. The orderly protest was held just prior to the arrival of U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who spoke at the Sitka Chamber of Commerce luncheon today. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

   

The half-hour protest took place prior to Murkowski’s scheduled speech at the weekly Sitka Chamber of Commerce luncheon in the hotel.
    The message of the protesters was similar to the ones at demonstrations they have held the last two months: that the allotment of king salmon for Southeast Alaska has been unfairly limited by the international treaty; that the treaty process is broken; and help is needed from Sitka’s delegation and the Trump administration.
    “(Rep.) Don Young is on board with reviewing the treaty, and asking Secretary (of Commerce Wilbur) Ross to review action by the National Marine Fisheries Service. Another angle is working with the state department to have a review of whether treaty obligation has been met,” Lyons said.
    She said Chinook Futures Coalition has “demonstrated federal law has been broken, and we’re trying to identify the best route to get it fixed.”
    Protesters said Alaska’s commercial, sport fish and subsistence fishermen have lost fish in every round of treaty negotiations.

    The protesters carried homemade signs and chanted: “Give our fish to Canada? No Way!” “If Lisa has the will there is a way!” and “Broken Treaty, broken promises.”
    It was not clear whether Murkowski saw the protest, but at least one of the protesters made their points also in the question and answer period following Murkowski’s Chamber speech.
    “We’re going to lose a significant amount of king salmon,” troller Matt Donohoe said. “Not just commercial, but sport fish and subsistence.”
    He said Alaska has been cut by 63 percent since the beginning of the treaty, despite years of high returns. “We’ve had artificially low catches,” he said.
    Donohoe, Lyons and about a dozen others had a sit-down session with Murkowski at one of the luncheon banquet tables after her speech and a brief press conference with local reporters.
    The story on Murkowski’s Chamber remarks and the press conference will be reported in Thursday’s Sentinel.

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# Deborah Lyons 2018-08-08 21:53
Thank you for covering our protest. We love Sitka and our small boat fishermen. I think Senator Murkowski cares deeply about the Southeast economy.Her remarks today reinforced she is no one's fool or pawn, and she will make up her own mind about what is best for Alaska. All we ask is that she look into a review of this flawed Federal Treaty.
 

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