Alaskan frustration grows over trawling during the Yukon River salmon moratorium
Alaskan frustration grows over trawling during the Yukon River salmon moratorium

A ruby red salmon resting on rocks at the bottom of a creek. Above are a series of logs with moss growing on them.

Alaskan tribal nations and small-scale commercial fishers say they are bearing the weight of salmon conservation while the commercial fish trawl industry continues harvesting in the ocean — and tens of thousands of chinook salmon are ending up as bycatch.