New data confirms observations
Several rivers near Haines, including the Chilkoot, an important subsistence area for Tlingit residents, saw abysmal eulachon runs last year, according to recently analyzed Chilkoot Indian Association (CIA) data.
But the fish didn’t disappear; instead many of them ran up the Chilkat River, environmental DNA (eDNA) samples show.
The results of CIA’s data analysis align with observations by local fishermen during the run last spring, when eulachon, also known as…