a battle over Alaska Native fishing rights heats up

a battle over Alaska Native fishing rights heats up

Source: salon

1/4/2024

Credit: Getty Images/Supercaliphotolistic

When salmon all but vanished from western Alaska in 2021, thousands of people in the region faced disaster. Rural families lost a critical food source. Commercial fisherfolk found themselves without a major stream of income. And Alaska Native children stopped learning how to catch, cut, dry and smoke fish — a tradition passed down since the time of their ancestors.

Behind the scenes, the salmon shortage has also inflamed a long-simmering legal fight among Native stakeholders, the Biden administration and the state over who gets to fish on Alaska’s vast federal lands.

Kuskokwim River

Salmon, Chinook

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News Id		Source	Stamp	country
4751	Long-lived Deep-sea Fishes Imperiled by Technology, Overfishing; 'We Shouldn't Eat Grandmother'	Underwatertimes	2007-02-18	US
4752	Farmed Salmon Could Become an Invasive Species in Forest Streams	Underwatertimes	2007-03-08	US
4753	Thames 'clean enough' for salmon	bbc news	2007-03-26	UK
4754	Study: Fish 'Catch Shares' Scheme Reduces By-catch, Increases Per-Boat Revenue, Boosts Safety	Underwatertimes	2007-03-28	US
4755	Chesapeake Bay receives another D+ on health report, due largely to struggling rockfish population	baltimore sun	2021-01-05	US
4756	Royal Navy sends four warships into English Channel	daily mail	2021-01-02	UK
4757	Massive operation nets fleet of illegal fishers	the age	2006-04-06	AU
4758	Gender-changing fish are studied	United Press International	2006-04-11	US
4759	Scientists Try to Count Fish in Sea	Washington Post	2006-04-10	US
4760	30 New Fish Species Discovered On Borneo; 'The More We Look the More We Find'	Underwatertimes	2006-12-19	SW
4761	Climate Change has Surprising Effect on Endangered Naked Carp; 'Metabolic Holiday'	Underwatertimes	2006-12-19	US
4762	Snakeheads Appear at Home in the Potomac	washington post	2006-10-02	US
4763	Farming endangered blue-fin tuna	bbc news	2006-12-27	JP
4764	World First as Endangered Fish Population Recovers; Shortnose Sturgeon Numbers Up 400%	Underwatertimes	2007-02-06	US
4765	Chips plan to keep an eye on fish	bbc news	2006-10-16	CA
4766	Scientists: First Documented Spawning of White Fish in the Detroit River Since 1900s	underwatertimes	2006-10-17	US
4767	Study: Critical Nutrients in Ecosystems Change when Fish Become Extinct	underwatertimes	2007-03-27	CA
4768	'No debate' that fish farms kill wild salmon, says B.C. scientist	CBC News	2006-10-20	CA
4769	A Swarm of Biologically-inspired Little Underwater Explorers	harvard	2021-01-15	US
4770	Scientists discover electric eels hunting in a group	Smithsonian	2021-01-14	BZ
4771	Robot fish equipped with tiny cameras could change ocean rescues	ctvnews	2021-01-13	CA
4772	The B.C. fish you've likely never heard of that's confounding trawlers and officials	CBC News	2021-01-03	US
4773	Thai Fishermen Break Ranks, Vow to Resume Hunt of Endangered Mekong Catfish; 'We Need to Make A Living'	underwatertimes	2006-03-04	TH
4774	Despite rescue effort, Maine salmon may be facing extinction	underwatertimes	2006-01-31	CA
4775	One fish, two fish: New sensor improves fish counts	underwatertimes	2006-02-02	US

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