Thank you John, for a great and clarifying opinion piece!   I am all in favor of subsistence rights for Alaska natives – and in the fisheries arena - though there are always large and important issues –  there always seem to be crumbling settlements that have tended to work overtime Dash though that also seems to be changing with climate change and more people/ commercial pressures...
 However the pressures are hunting seems to keep growing and growing, with very little relief for the game or for the future of our hunting traditions.
 Unfortunately our moose caribou, bears, goats, sheep and other big game targets have not been as quick to adopt new technology and convenience as have their human predators.. 
 At some point, Alaska natives are going to have to differentiate between their subsistence hunters who actually rely on their hunting, trapping and fishing skills – as opposed to those Natives who draw 6-figure regular paychecks and buy the bulk in the same grocery store as I do!

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