A near record-low sockeye salmon run for the Skeena River fishery has cut off the catch in British Columbia., but conservation groups say Alaskan fishermen aren’t pulling in their nets.
Watershed Watch conservationist Aaron Hill says the cause of the sockeye collapse is unknown, but Alaskan fisheries are perpetuating the low return.
He says that a significant number of sockeye are caught as a by-product of Alaskan pink and chum salmon operations.
