Engaging Deeper in Fisheries to Protect Subsistence Salmon
Kawerak's Social Science Department has been expanding its work deeper into the world of fisheries and fisheries management with regard to meaningful tribal input [...]
Tribal Members from Kawerak region share powerful testimony at North Pacific Fishery Management Council
Photo: Testifiers' subsistence activities Salmon are a vital part of the food security, culture, and wellbeing in the Kawerak region. Salmon stocks continue to [...]
Knowledge Holders Examine National Museum Pieces and Protect Cultural Data
On April 25 and 26, 2024 Kawerak's Social Science Program hosted a hybrid workshop with nine Bering Strait region knowledge holders regarding collections of [...]
Tribal Consortia Leaders Advocate for Strong Measures to Reduce Chum Salmon Bycatch
Leaders of Tribal Consortia that represent 113 Tribes from Western and Interior Alaska are pushing for strong measures to reduce chum salmon bycatch in [...]
Chum Salmon Bycatch – Advocacy Opportunity
As you know Chum salmon levels have been very low for Western Alaska, and the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) is now considering [...]
Kawerak Resolute Against Proposed ‘NETS’ Study
At their 2023 fall meeting, the Kawerak Board of Directors passed a resolution in opposition to the Northern Bering Sea Effects of Trawling Study [...]
Kawerak Encourages Comments on Local Knowledge, Traditional Knowledge, and Subsistence (LKTKS) Protocol and Onramp Documents
The public is encouraged and able to submit Comments on Traditional Knowledge to the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council (NPFMC). Comments can impact the inclusion [...]
Regional Advocacy Strengthened with Kawerak’s NPFMC Testimony Workshop
From April 5-9, Kawerak, in partnership with the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the First Nations Development Institute, hosted a testimony drafting workshop for [...]
Workshop to Advocate for Salmon
Do you want our rural communities to have a say in fisheries management issues? Then we need your voice! Kawerak is hosting a workshop [...]
Advancing Advocacy Potential for Bering Strait Region Tribal Members
Indigenous voices need amplification as our home, the Arctic, faces unprecedented changes that are already having substantial impacts on the lands and waters where [...]