Yukon subsistence fishermen needed to collect king salmon samples

Over the past several years, fishery managers have placed extremely tight harvest restrictions on king salmon fishing in the Yukon River.
A subsistence fishermen collects biological samples of king salmon. (Photo courtesy Spearfish Research)
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 s