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Alaska Public Media1y
Yukon River communities balance conservation, survival amid near-total salmon fishing closures - Alaska Public Media
As the 2024 Yukon River salmon season kicks off, there will once again be little to no opportunity for communities along the Western Alaska river to harvest any actual salmon.
Juneau Empire1y
Yukon River salmon runs remain low, but chum improvements allow for some fishing - Juneau Empire
Salmon runs on the Yukon River continued to be anemic this year, federal and state agencies reported, and there are far too few fish reaching Canada to meet goals set in a treaty between that ...
Alaska Public Media2y
Chum fishing will remain closed on the Yukon amid projections for another low fall run - Alaska Public Media
RELATED: Subsistence fishing for Yukon River Chinook and summer chum will likely remain closed through the end of the season. Last year saw the lowest fall chum run on record.
Yahoo9mon
Yukon River salmon runs remain low, but glimmers of improvement emerge - Yahoo
Subsistence fishing was allowed in both state-managed segments and federally managed segments of the Yukon River system. And it was allowed during the period when the two runs were overlapping.
CBC.ca1y
Fishing moratorium on Yukon River chinook may be 'too little, too late,' panel hears
New agreement to halt chinook fishing in Yukon and Alaska for 7 years drives debate at Yukon River Panel Julien Greene · CBC News · Posted: Apr 13, 2024 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: April 13, 2024 ...
NPR1y
What the collapse of salmon populations means for one Alaska family
AILSA CHANG, HOST: For Alaska Native communities along the Yukon River, salmon fishing has always been a central part of life. But climate change is driving a massive collapse in salmon populations.
The Washington Post1y
There’s a crisis in the Yukon River - The Washington Post
Commercial fishing boats in the Bering Sea and elsewhere off Alaska that use huge nets to ... Alaskan communities have seen a vital food source disappear as fewer salmon make it up the Yukon River.
Civil Eats1y
How Alaska Natives Lost the Right to Fish Sacred Salmon
There are currently no plans for Yukon salmon harvests. Just the other day, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game closed all salmon fishing for the Yukon River coastal communities of Hooper Bay and ...
Alaska Dispatch News1y
Yukon River salmon runs remain low, but chum improvements allow for some fishing
Strips of dried salmon are seen on June 25, 2009. Chum salmon runs on the Yukon River improved enough this year to allow some subsistence harvesting in Alaska, but Chinook returns did not show a ...
Radio Canada International1y
Fishing moratorium on Yukon River chinook may be 'too little, too late,' panel hears - Eye on the Arctic
Canada: Canada, Alaska suspend fishing of Yukon River chinook salmon for 7 years, CBC News. United States: New research suggest some salmon species expanding their range in the Arctic, Eye on the ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner1y
Yukon River salmon runs remain low, but chum improvements allow for some fishing
Salmon runs on the Yukon River continued to be anemic this year, federal and state agencies reported, and there are far too few fish reaching Canada to meet goals set in a treaty between that ...