Yukon subsistence fishermen needed to collect king salmon samples

A subsistence fishermen collects biological samples of king salmon. (Courtesy of Spearfish Research)Over the past several years, fishery managers have placed extremely tight harvest restrictions on king salmon fishing in the Yukon River. The hope is that conservation will lead to larger runs. When managers make those decisions – telling fishermen when and where they can fish and what gear they can use – they need to know how those measures affect subsistence harvests; they need sampl