Kuskokwim Fishermen Raise Issue With Dunleavy on Salmon Bycatch in Bering Sea and Gulf
The Kuskokwim River Salmon Management Working Group (RSMWG) has asked Alaska’s Governor Mike Dunleavy to direct the state and federal authorities to meet with the Kuskokwim Group on how bycatch could be impacting Chinook and chum salmon runs in the Kuskokwim River.
The group sent a letter July 28 asking for an update on current mitigations to salmon bycatch in Area M (Alaska Peninsula) and the Bering Sea and the state of genetic identification of chum salmon returning to the Kuskokwim and the Yukon Rivers ...
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