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The decision is based on decent looking chum numbers and comes as the first coho begin to enter the river.
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A recent report from the Government Accountability Office calls on federal managers to increase the number of observers on fishing vessels and develop better ways to track and monitor bycatch.
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Managers say they hope the openers allow federally qualified subsistence users to harvest abundant sockeye salmon.
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The chum fishing opportunities overlap with two-week complete gillnet closures along the river intended to protect chinook salmon.
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The aid money is for disasters declared for the 2022 chum salmon failure on the Kuskokwim River and the 2021-2022 sockeye salmon failure that affected Upper Cook Inlet setnet fishers.
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Salmon fishing with gillnets will open on the lower river for 12 hours on June 22, while gillnet fishing between the Kalskag Line and Aniak Box will open 24/7 starting the same day.
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The upcoming closures are intended to protect the chinook salmon run and have been announced as far upriver as Holy Cross.
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A recent study found that climate change is expanding salmon habitat into the Arctic, but the new fish aren’t exactly welcome in Canada.
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People across Alaska are reacting to a petition that would grant Gulf of Alaska king salmon Endangered Species Act protections.
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The upcoming closures are intended to protect the bulk of the chinook salmon run and apply to coastal communities as far upriver as Marshall.
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Social media posts featured marine traffic maps showing the location of the trawlers, with one post reading “six trawlers right outside the mouth of Kuskokwim.”
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In addition to providing communities with chinook salmon, the opening is intended to provide increased opportunities to harvest non-salmon species.