In an effort to get first-hand information and hear directly from the Alaskans impacted, U.S. Sen. Mark Begich will be in Bethel next Monday where he is hosting a fishery roundtable with community leaders and fishery managers.
About a dozen of the fishermen cited for fishing during the subsistence closure appeared in the Bethel Courthouse on Monday.
The landing craft "Monterrey" had intended to spend a lot of the summer in Mertarvik, but instead will spend the season in Seward.
On Wednesday of this week, subsistence fishermen up and down the Lower Kuskokwim River defied the law and began fishing the river to meet subsistence needs despite the closure to subsistence fishing.