Weak king salmon run has some Yukon tribal fishermen calling for moratorium on subsistence fishing
SEAFOOD.COM NEWS April 11, 2014
\With the prospect that this year’s Yukon River king salmon run will be even worse than last year’s dismal return, which was the worst on record in more than 30 years, some Interior subsistence fishermen who rely on the fish to feed their families are calling for a moratorium on king salmon fishing this summer.
One of them is Orville Huntington, who serves as director of wildlife and parks for the Tanana Chiefs Conference in Fairbanks and lives on the Koyukuk River, a tributary of the Yukon in which kings return.
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