Dillingham Asks Alaska Governor to Close Bristol Bay’s Salmon Season To Prevent COVID-19 Spread
The City of Dillingham and the Curyung Tribe have asked Governor Dunleavy to shut down the Bristol Bay salmon season “to control the impacts of the entry of the virus to our state, our region and our community...” The urgent letter was dated Monday April 6, 2020, according to news reports from Alaska Public Media and ADN.com yesterday.
“There is no way to prevent a potential mass disease situation when a few hundred people are in close proximity with each other,” the letter explains...
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