This is an announcement from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) in Bethel for subsistence fishermen in the Kuskokwim Area, Subsistence Sections 4-5, released June 9, 2022.
Regular 2022 Public In-Season Fish Meetings
Speak Out Against Salmon Bycatch – NPFMC June 2022 Meeting
OPINION: Western Alaska salmon numbers continue to fall — and that’s a serious threat to food security and indigenous cultures
“We can all agree that the only truly acceptable amount of bycatch is zero, and we must be continually striving toward this goal. We call on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, Gov. Dunleavy, and ADF&G Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang to take every possible action to reduce bycatch significantly when they meet in Sitka in June by lowering the chinook salmon caps and establishing a hard cap for chum salmon.”
