Climate change is causing ecosystem shifts, and the cascading effects impact animals and hunters.
Subsistence
Yukon River chum and coho runs remain too low to open subsistence harvest
Biologists do not expect either to reach their goals for fish reaching their spawning grounds.
For the first time ever, state to close Kuskokwim and most tributaries to coho fishing
Subsistence fishermen will no longer be allowed to fish with gillnets, fish wheels, beach seines, or dipnets from the mouth upstream to the headwaters.
How people on the Lower Yukon River are faring 2 years into the chum crash
Without salmon, people say they’re eating less protein and spending far more on groceries.
For the first time, live invasive green crabs have been found in Alaska
Metlakatla Mayor Albert Smith says he’s concerned about what this means for the community’s traditional food sources.
Sitka Tribe researchers are studying how far herring eggs travel when they get shared
An estimated 87% of eggs harvested out of Sitka are given away.