Chiefs representing First Nations communities in British Columbia, Canada, are calling on regulators to stop American fishers in the U.S. state of Alaska from intercepting salmon bound for Canadian rivers.
Chiefs from the Tŝilhqot’in Nation attended the Pacific Salmon Commission recently in Portland, Oregon, U.S.A., to protest salmon fishing in the Alaska 104 Fishery, located in Southeast Alaska just north of the Haida Gwaii Archipelago. According to the chiefs, the fishery is located along the migration path of sockeye salmon set to return to the Fraser River, intercepting many fish that would otherwise go back to British Columbia.
The Tŝilhqot’in Nation rely on the sockeye salmon for their cultural practices and food security, and chiefs from that nation say Alaskan fishers are stealing their salmon before they can return, undermining ...
