Salmon

'Everybody has to pay a price': Western Alaska tribal groups ask US pollock industry to put a cap on chum bycatch

Dismal chum salmon counts have caused a food crisis and financial hardship for Western Alaska communities.

An Alaska Department of Fish & Game sonar crew counts the haul of an afternoon drift. The Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission is asking the US pollock industry to impose a chum salmon bycatch cap.
An Alaska Department of Fish & Game sonar crew counts the haul of an afternoon drift. The Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission is asking the US pollock industry to impose a chum salmon bycatch cap.Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Published 30 November 2022, 12:01Updated 2 December 2022, 18:52
AlaskaAt-Sea Processors AssociationNorth Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC)BycatchChum salmon