He said an agreement with the United States requires the Americans to let between 42,000 and 55,000 Canadian salmon reach Yukon.

“All of our salmon have to get here through Alaska, the Alaskan government has done their fair share in management,” said Jessup.

“But the reality is the fish are just not coming back.”

Jessup noted salmon spend the majority of their lives in the ocean.

“There are kinds of issues we probably don’t understand,” he said.