Hunting & Fishing

It was a fish that sent anthropologist Paula Schiefer to Alaska. Now she's on her way back to the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, to write about her findings after spending the last six months studying the relationship between people and salmon on the Kuskokwim River. Schiefer told KYUK’s Adrian Wagner that the beginning of her journey can be traced to something that happened in Europe a few years back.

Caribou hunters in the YK Delta's Unit 18 can now fill both of their caribou tags with bulls at any time during the season. Managers say that this was done to simplify things for hunters, and because of the improving caribou population. 

Two fishery proposals passed and two proposals failed at the Lower Kuskokwim Fish and Game Advisory Committee meeting Friday. The group consists of representatives from the lower Kuskokwim communities from the river’s mouth northeast to Tuluksak. The advisory group's work then goes to the state Board of Fish for a final decision.

The Lower Kuskokwim Fish and Game Advisory Committee gathered in Bethel Thursday to vote on proposals regulating game hunting in Units 18, 19, and 21. The group voted on 14 proposals, passing half and opposing the rest. Here are the committee's votes on proposals affecting Unit 18.

On Tuesday representatives from coastal communities from Chevak to Platinum gathered in Bethel to vote on subsistence and hunting proposals affecting Unit 18. The Central Bering Sea Fish and Game Advisory Committee passed five game proposals, shot down three others, and will vote on fisheries proposals Wednesday.