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Mary Peltola: “Despite agreements with the U.S. Department of the Interior for a tribal role in management of traditional subsistence…”

On the recordJune 19, 2018
Despite agreements with the U.S. Department of the Interior for a tribal role in management of traditional subsistence fisheries, the burdensome Federal administrative structure and misplaced policy priorities of Fish and Wildlife have undermined the unified effort of the tribes to protect our salmon stocks and way of life.
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Mary Peltola
Democratic · Alaska

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Peltola discusses federal challenges to tribal management of subsistence fisheries.

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