“This is the most disconnection to the river I’ve had in all my life,” said Holy Cross resident David Walker. “I don’t want to get too negative, but I heard one Elder tell me, ‘It’s like cultural genocide.''
Chinook salmon counts are the lowest ever recorded at this point in the season, and state and federal fishery managers do not expect them to meet escapement goals. The low numbers are also making it difficult for biologists to determine if the run is late.
“This is the most disconnection to the river I’ve had in all my life,” Holy Cross resident David Walker said, calling into the weekly Yukon River salmon management teleconference hosted by the Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association. He said that no one nearby is fishing, and described neglected fish camps overgrown with grass.
“These are fishermen facing a crisis. We are tied to these salmon. They’re our cultural wellbeing, and one thing that wasn’t taken away from us with assimilation,” Woods said. Compounding escapement concerns is that of the Chinook that enter the river, fewer than expected are making it to Canada. Biologists are researching why. One theory is that they are dying in the river from disease. Biologists are collecting heart, kidney, egg and blood samples from Chinook caught in test fisheries to test for health issues like Ichthyophonus and kidney disease.
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