Fish Wheel: Design from the Past may be a Solution for the Future

Maggie Bobby and Barb Carlson (left to right) have run a fish wheel near Sleetmute since 2015. (MacArthur/KYUK)With gillnet fishing limited to only a few days on the Kuskokwim for most of June and July, some people on the river turned to alternative ways of filling their smokehouses.
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In Sleetmute, Barb Carlson and Maggie Bobby ran a fish wheel to get their season’s catch of red salmon. Even after the two women had enough salmon for themselves, they wanted others to get a chance.