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It’s late July and I’m standing with Daniel Schindler at the mouth of Sam Creek, a small tributary of western Alaska’s Bristol Bay, home to the largest wild…

Alaska’s Salmon Are Shrinking Pacific salmon are returning to freshwater smaller and younger than they used to. Austin Price December 15, 2020 A fisheries ecologist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Krista Oke has heard it time and again from fishermen up and down Alaska rivers: Salmon just aren’t as big as they used to be. This is especially true on the Yukon River, she says, where Chinook salmon is a cultural touchstone and staple food for Indigenous people in both the US and Canada. Sockeye salmon migrate up a small stream in Southcentral Alaska. Researchers have foun...