A management overhaul is needed to address the faltering salmon runs in the Yukon River and the widespread harms that have resulted from shortages of fish along the river’s basin, according to a ...

A group of Indigenous leaders, scientists and policy experts have proposed management actions to promote recovery of Yukon River salmon and manage their harvest more equitably.

This new proposal comes as Yukon River salmon populations are collapsing. Tribes are in a crisis, banned from accessing the food and cultural sustenance they’ve depended on for millennia.

A new report by Indigenous leaders and Alaska scientists proposes an independent review of Yukon River Chinook and chum salmon issues by an entity like the National Academy of Sciences.