Herring Protectors discuss state and future of fish in virtual forum
Posted by KCAW News | Feb 18, 2021
Last week, Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes hosted a Virtual Native Issues Forum titled “The State of Our Herring” with four members of the Herring Protectors group. Watch the full forum here.
While it’s still about a month until schools of herring will begin to spawn in Sitka Sound, the conversation around the role of subsistence advocacy and knowledge in herring management has already started.
Last week, the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska hosted a virtual panel with four members of the Herring Protectors, a group that calls for protection of the species and subsistence rights, and advocates for changes to the state’s management of the commercial fishery.