| Big money industry crippling salmon population in Alaska, natives say | |
| By Jonny Harvey |
Source: abc7chicago |
12/10/2023 |
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Credit: BBC Studios Reality Productions, LLC/Lukas Taylor |
There is no more salmon. That's what native Alaskan Ricko DeWilde is most concerned with these days. The cast member and segment producer on National Geographic's, "Life Below Zero: First Alaskans," spoke with us about what he describes as an untenable living situation. |
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Once flowing with abundance, native tribes have been sounding the alarm about the overfishing of Alaskan salmon and other native fish by international fishing companies, essentially wiping out natives' main source of food as well as a cultural touchstone.
"That's a way of life that we're losing right there," DeWilde said. |
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