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June 17, 2024

U.S. affirms Cook Inlet setnet salmon disaster

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Alex Johnson, Kitty Tolman, Sean Braman, Niki Riga, Christopher Riga, Nolan Braman and Tammy Braman, the 2020 setnet crew at pickup in Coffee Point, Bristol Bay. Photo by Garret “Otto” Means

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo affirmed a fishery resource disaster in the 2023 Upper Cook Inlet east side setnet salmon fishery, according to a release from the National Marine Fisheries Service on Monday, June 10.

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