After years without representation, fight heats up for Alaska Native seats on powerful fisheries council
The US government has become vocal about Alaska Native tribes playing a larger role in the management of some of the country's most important fisheries, including Alaska pollock.
Mary Sattler Peltola, Executive Director of the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. Peltola has raised alarms over trawler bycatch of chum and king salmon, and is among the leaders of the effort to increase Alaska Native representation on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC).Photo: Alaska Salmon Fellow Program/YouTube
