A Canadian Threat to Alaskan Fishing.

The author addresses threat posed by Canadian upstream mining projects on major salmon rivers of Alaska including the Stikine, Unuk and Taku. Topics discussed include the toxic mine tailings stored behind dams, the fishermen's call on the U.S. State Department to refer the issue to the International Joint Commission, and the failure of the tailings dam at the Mount Polley mine in British Columbia in August 2014.