Salmon are disappearing on the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers

People on the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers are expecting another dismal year for harvesting salmon, Alaska Public Media reports. 

This will be the fourth year subsistence fishing has been closed or severely restricted on both rivers. Chinook (king) and chum are the major salmon species on the Yukon and Kuskokwim.  

"Subsistence salmon fishermen acknowledge that climate change and environmental factors are likely huge reasons for the salmon crisis. But, they say, controlling bycatch is one of the few management tools available," APM writes.