These are communities that have relied on this resource for over 12,000 years, and this is documented through western science. So three years of total closure, and then on the Cusco quiminal, We have been at 20% of our total need for 13 years [on the Kuskokwim]. On Chinook salmon, we have been at 0% of our need for the last three years. On chum, silvers were restricted last year. (17:35–17:45)
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Asserts that the Kuskokwim River has met only 20% of its total salmon need for 13 years.
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