Alaska Board of Fish Finds for Salmon Emergencies in Chignik and the Yukon
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafoodnews] by Peggy Parker -July 18, 2018
The Alaska Board of Fisheries declared the low Chignik sockeye return an emergency yesterday, as well as a situation in the Native villages of Grayling, Anvik, Shageluk, and Holy Cross on the Yukon River triggered by years of low chinook salmon returns.
The petition brought to the Board by the Kenai River Sportfishing Association to reverse the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s decision to allow increased production of pink salmon at the Valdez Fisheries Development Association’s hatchery in ...
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