This is heartbreaking. I grew up eating fishwheel salmon and it hurts to imagine a river without salmon. Salmon are like the lifeblood of the land. I am so sorry. I hope for they return. You are inspiring and I wish you and your community the best.
Quyana (Yup’ik / Cup’ik) How’aa (Haida) Taikuu (Inupiaq) Tsin’aen (Ahtna Athabascan) Chin’an (Dena’ina Athabascan) Quyanaa (Alutiiq) Qaĝaasakung (Aleut) Gunalchéesh! (Tlingit) Thank you, Mackenzie, for your efforts. Thank you, Indie Alaska, for sharing the stories of the people, the land, and the fish.
I remember when the Yukon was a healthy fishery. As a fisheries biologist, i can say with certainty all stocks will be over fished because we will always take more than the resource can handle. To find a sustainable number of fish to take is not unlike trying to solve a three body problem. I would like to see a total moratorium then as stocks improve, implement the old less intrusive and destructive harvesting methods. Native Americans should have special privileges for what they can take. No year in, year out commercial fishing. The health of the stock is the most important consideration.
An absolutely beautiful person inside and out! 🥰 Very Best Regards, Tom Scott Author ● Speaker ● World's Leading Expert on the Corrupt U.S. Legal System _Our American Injustice System_ _Stack the Legal Odds in Your Favor_
