Fisheries

Sep 19 2017
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NASA satellite imagery shows Southeast Alaska in true color on Nov. 24, 2001.

After mining exec weighs in, Juneau Assembly holds off on boundary mine resolution

By | Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, Fisheries, Juneau, Local Government

An email from Mike Satre of Hecla Greens Creek Mine prompted the resolutions referral back to committee. Satre urged the Assembly to work the issue through state and provincial levels rather than trying to invoke international treaties.

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Sep 15 2017
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Adult sockeye salmon encounter a waterfall on their way up-river to spawn. (Photo by Marvina Munch/ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Kodiak opposes salmon cap agenda change

By | Fisheries, Oceans, Southcentral, Southwest, Wildlife

Kodiak is gearing up to oppose what it considers a threat to its fisheries. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game released a study  last year that found a percentage of Kodiak area sockeye salmon are Cook Inlet fish. Some Cook Inlet fishermen now want to set caps for sockeye salmon in the Kodiak area.

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Sep 13 2017
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The Chilkat River as seen from Mount Ripinsky in summer of 2017. (Photo by Emily Files/KHNS)

King salmon returning to Chilkat River exceed expectations, but continue on downward trend

By | Fisheries, Southeast, Wildlife

Adult king salmon are returning to the Chilkat River at historically low numbers. The population has been decreasing over the past 10 years. In 2016, the Chilkat saw the lowest escapement estimate in about 25 years. Preliminary counts for 2017 show the downward trend is not letting up and fishing restrictions are likely to continue next year.

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Sep 10 2017
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Community harvest monitors working with the Bering Sea Fishermen’s Association in Kuskokwim villages: (left to right) Mike Williams Jr., Ben Agimuk, Jackie Larson, and Bernard Williams. (Photo by Anna Rose MacArthur/KYUK)

Building community fish harvest monitors to create ‘change on the Kusko’

By | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Fisheries, Southwest

Increased control over natural resources, like fish, is a top priority for Kuskokwim tribes. One way to move in that direction is through collecting harvest data during fishing season, which helps with the difficult job of in-season management.

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