This December, the NPFMC members will be meeting again to discuss salmon bycatch – and they need to hear from you!
Testify at the NPFMC Meeting
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council, along with its Advisory Panel (AP) and Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC), are currently holding their October meetings to discuss federal fishery management in Alaska. We urge every subsistence fisherman and woman on our river to provide a testify to them.
Kuskokwim River Salmon Situation Report 2021
Alaska Native Tribes and Tribal Organizations Support Inclusion in Federal Fisheries Management
The following statement was issued by five leading Alaska Native Tribes and Tribal organizations, including regional non-profit consortiums for 76 Tribes, in response to the introduction of the Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act by Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA-2) and Rep. Ed Case (D-HI-1).
KYUK: With New Kuskokwim King Salmon Data Released, Bering Sea Bycatch Restrictions Come Under Review
New state data reveals that the number of king salmon returning to the Kuskokwim River has been inflated for decades. Now, the state is recommending that the body governing the Bering Sea pollock fishery adopt this new information. If it does, restrictions on the fleet’s bycatch of king salmon could tighten, and a long-voiced demand from Kuskokwim residents could be met.