10: Alaskan villages in a food crisis: Salmon management for the Yukon River at the nexus of needed change

By Alex Shahbazi | 12 May 2025
stylized salmon in red and white swims against a dark blue and teal current with swirls and eddies

Co-authors of the latest Arctic Answers brief from SEARCH discuss the collapse of Yukon River Salmon, impacts of the collapse on subsistence and Indigenous communities, along with policy recommendations. Read the full brief at Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. Speakers in this episode: Jackie Qataliña Schaeffer (Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium) and Francis K. Wiese (Climate, Ocean, & People LLC) facilitate the conversation between Doug DeMaster (Marine Analytics Consultants) and Edward Alexander (Woodwell Climate Research Center and Gwich’in Council International).

stylized salmon in red and white swims against a dark blue and teal current with swirls and eddies
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10: Alaskan villages in a food crisis: Salmon management for the Yukon River at the nexus of needed change
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