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Mary Peltola: “The Cusco has seen it for over ten years.”

Featuring: Mary Peltola, Democratic | Former U.S. House Representative, Alaska At-Large

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Ocean Strategies Interview with Rep. Mary Peltola

Published | Video Starts at 35:28

Like Norton Sound, they've been short on salmon for 20 years or actually 30 years. The Yukon has seen a real depletion in their abundance for 20 years and The Cusco has seen it for over ten years. We're seeing a real shortage of abundance on the Kenai the last ten years, almost every river system. And then we saw this crab crashed halibut abundance is very low. (35:28–35:33)

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Asserts that the Cusco has experienced a depletion in salmon abundance for over ten years.

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