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‘It’ll be a disaster’: Southeast Alaska fishermen fear looming closure of king salmon fishery

Juneau, Alaska, United States

More than 100 salmon trollers packed a Sitka meeting Wednesday night with sharp questions about the future of an iconic Southeast Alaska fishery, facing what could be an unprecedented full shutdown of this year’s chinook trolling season. State officials are scrambling to open the fishery after it was effectively closed by a federal judge — but damage has already been done.


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