Alaska experts recommend management overhaul to rescue Yukon River salmon runs

Alaska experts recommend management overhaul to rescue Yukon River salmon runs

Chinook and chum salmon dry on racks near a home along the Yukon River in this undated photo. A new peer-reviewed policy brief makes recommendations for a management overall to try to restore the faltering runs and do more to help subsistence harvesters in the Yukon River basin. (Photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey's Alaska Science Center)A management overhaul is needed to address the faltering salmon runs in the Yukon River and the wid…