King salmon vanishing in Alaska, smokehouses empty

Courtesy Newsvine - business  Sun, 08/02/2009 - 11:15

Yukon River smokehouses should be filled this summer with oil-rich strips of king salmon — long used by Alaska Natives as a high-energy food to get through the long Alaska winters.

But they're mostly empty.


 

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