Federal fisheries authorities have asked Yukon First Nations to cut their salmon catch quota in half this season, but at least one First Nation is refusing to accept the new quotas.

A 50 per cent quota cut has been put on this year's Yukon aboriginal salmon fishery. The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans decided on the reduction this week, in light of growing concerns about low salmon numbers in the Yukon River this summer.

A lack of chinook (king) salmon in the river has already led to the closure of commercial and domestic fisheries this year.

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