With the salmon collapse on the Yukon River, families are losing a vital food source and way of life

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For the second year in a row, a severe and sudden salmon collapse has affected Indigenous residents on the Yukon River. Subsistence fishing for the two main salmon species, king and chum, has been closed for two summers due to record low runs. Residents of traditional villages are now facing food insecurity because of the collapse. The Indigenous communities on the river whose ways of life have revolved around the fish for thousands of years are also now facing a devastating loss of culture. Olivia Ebertz reports from the Lower Yukon.

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It was probably due to mass die off of Chum fry in the estuary of the Yukon River back in 2018 and 2019. I was noticing extremely high mortality of fry in the brackish part of my local river in BC in summer of those years.

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The trawlers need to be limited. All by-catch needs to be utilized, from fresh filets down to dog food.

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