Salmon are not just swimming dollar signs, Salmon are our life. They are in our DNA.

Stop allowing the status quo so as to not affect industry harvest to the extent practicable in fisheries management.

What good is the federal trust responsibility if the results in the loss of our fish, our communities, our culture, our lives?

What do we do to replace wild food sources, like salmon, when they are in such states of collapse?

So, one of the things that I often hear is that on Federal lands and waters, our subsistence resources and habitat are not being actively managed to ensure viable resource populations.

I want to thank each of you for your written comments and what you have shared here for the committee and community.

We need equal decision-making representation in Federal fisheries management, in this case the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council.

To the rest of the Country, we are located on the edge of the map.

Thank you for sharing in ways that are both informative and personal. I appreciate that a great deal.

I hope that our tribal leaders, the State and Federal Government will become a stronger advocate for recovery and wellness.

We need your support for funding these, I don't know if they are private companies.

In closing, Senator Murkowski, subsistence matters, our villages matter, salmon matters, and our way of life matters.

Help me end suicide. Help me protect our Native rights. Help me restore our resources for future generations. And most of all, help me save Alaska.

I want you to look into that. That is coming from near and dear, from my heart.

Failure to do so will be a death blow to my river, to my people, and our survival, before we go extinct.

It is so important that your connection to this resource be shared in a way that people from Washington, D.C. and other parts of the Country may not be able to quickly grasp.

We appreciate your support for congressionally directed spending for AYK salmon populations and are grateful for your work on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

We need to be paying attention to that aspect of knowledge that you bring to the table.

Do it now, because you don't want Alaska to be the next devastating American dust bowl.

We applaud the work you have done to support AYK salmon populations through Congressionally directed spending.

Our tribes matter. Subsistence matters. Our villages matter. Salmon matter. We cannot be ignored any longer.

We have no choice but to be aware of every part and piece of the ecosystem, because everything is connected.

If you are serious about talking about co-management, you have to look at getting more funding for it.

Are you concerned that we will continue to see greater health care challenges out in this region?

Moving the Office of Subsistence Management under the Interior Secretary was, as I said, a step in the right direction.