Struggling to rebuild the crashing Yukon River king salmon run

Alaska Dispatch: When Stephanie Schmidt became Alaska’s Yukon River fishery research biologist in January 2012, she knew that all was not well along the sinuous length of the famed river. Chinook salmon numbers had been dwindling since 1998, and as a result, commercial harvest of the fish -- also called king salmon for their immense size and sumptuous meat -- was frequently halted. That didn’t help: The 2010 run was the second-worst in recorded history. 2011 was only a few fish better. Faltering returns also hurt......

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