“At this point, there should be alarm bells going off all over not only in our communities, but all over the state and federal government agencies,” said Vivian Korthuis, the chief executive officer for the Association of Village Council Presidents.
Management council declines action on Bering Sea bycatch to address Yukon-Kuskokwim salmon subsistence worriesResearchers at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game sonar station in Pilot Station, where fish returns are measured. Chinook and Chum returns on the Yukon and Kuskokwim River have declined dramatically in the past few years.
“At this point, there should be alarm bells going off all over not only in our communities, but all over the state and federal government agencies,” said Vivian Korthuis, the chief executive officer for the Association of Village Council Presidents, a consortium of 56 federally-recognized tribes on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
He said, “The waste of a single fish is unjust for Iindigenous fishermen,” but recognized that the problem was complex. “I understand from public testimony and reality that it really is at this time, the only thing that is controllable,” she said. But she said there were other factors, like climate change and lack of food.
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