Salmon Are Vanishing From the Yukon River — And So Is a Way of Life goodmenproject.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from goodmenproject.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Serena Fitka sat in the cabin of a flat-bottomed aluminum boat as it sped down the Yukon River in western Alaska, recalling how the river once ran thick with salmon. Each summer, in the Yup’ik village of St. Mary’s where Fitka grew up, she and her family fished for days on end. They’d catch enough salmon to last through winter, enough to share with cousins, aunts, uncles, and elders who couldn’t fish for
AFN roundup: Dozens of Alaska Natives call for increased tribal management to solve subsistence shortages adn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from adn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Alaska pollock trawlers are once again looking at a hard cap on chum salmon bycatch intrafish.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from intrafish.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.