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Lorraina Prince of Kotlik said that her community is suffering. “A lot of people here don't have any salmon to eat. And that's really sad because it's not fair to our people, to the whole people of the Yukon River. And you know, Area M [is] doing really good. I never thought it would come to this point,” Prince said.
In the wake of chum salmon crashes in Western Alaska, subsistence fishermen have been pleading with the state to restrict commercial salmon fishing near the Alaska Peninsula. Commercial and subsistence fishermen have been using fish genetics to bolster their claims to the fish.
In the wake of chum salmon crashes in Western Alaska, subsistence fishermen have been pleading with the state to restrict salmon fishing near the Aleutian Islands. Subsistence users say that commercial vessels are taking fish bound for their rivers.
Climate disasters across the West wreak havoc on economies and livelihoods.
“It's a risk to try to go back to because the winds can change, but we really miss home,” St. Mary's resident Maureen Andrews said.