Dave Bronson
82:09 - 82:54
“Certainly trawling in the open ocean is an issue because we don't have fish in the river and we see the cultural failure upriver that's happening because I think we're on year 7 of no fishing”
- Speaker
- Dave Bronson
- Timestamp
- 82:09 – 82:54
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- October 13, 2026
From the transcript
That's important. Certainly trawling in the open ocean is an issue because we don't have fish in the river and we see the cultural failure upriver that's happening because I think we're on year 7 of no fishing and the villages, the villages are supposed to be empty in the summertime because everyone's supposed to be in fish camp because we understand fish camp is where the kids learn to swim, run nets, run boats, learn from their parents, maintain a smokehouse. And that, that whole cultural thing is being lost because we don't have enough fish. Those are the things that we've got to, we've got to focus on, but certainly we've got to let the local folks make those decisions. Okay,.
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