Tribe: Metlakatla Tribe
View Source Document: Metlakatla Indian Community Climate Change Adaptation Plan
Year: 2017
Topic: Creation of a long-lasting and sustainable Fisheries Department for the future of the AIR by advocating for extensive inter-departmental cooperation, consultation, and collaboration. (View All Topics in the Plan)
The Tribe’s Fisheries Department are currently and will continue to set limitations on the amount of species harvested and timing...
Improvement and expansion of fisheries management through stream monitoring water quality and aquatic populations.
Stream alteration data should be collected and compared with productivity/loss of aquatic populations to correlate with a changing climate.
Attempting to minimize stressors to fish species by voluntarily setting limitations on local disturbances by restoring water systems, removing unnecessary...
Tracking trends and forming assessments on local impacts to annual recreation, tourism, commercial, and subsistence fishing will allow the Tribe...
Setting limitations on the quantity and timing of aquatic species harvest, resulting in the protection of locally threatened species which...
Enhancement and preservation of cultural, commercial, and subsistence fish habitats on the AIR; No harvesting and/or road construction within a...
Fisheries will be monitoring the water quality in our creeks with a new sampling device that will measure temperature, salinity,...
Correlation between stream changes and productivity/loss in a changing climate is an ongoing project that will include an in stream...