News release: 2023 Klamath River salmon fishery disaster determination
The Secretary of Commerce announced that a fishery resource disaster occurred in the 2023 Pulikla Tribe of Yurok People Klamath River subsistence salmon fishery. The determination is in response to the request from Ms. Fawn C. Murphy, Chairperson of the Pulikla Tribe of Yurok People. Secretary of Commerce, Gina M. Raimondo, working with NOAA Fisheries, evaluates each fishery resource disaster request based primarily on data submitted by the requesting official. A fishery disaster determination must meet specific requirements under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.