The fishing industry plays a key role as it’s a primary source of food for the Tahltans. During the summer and winter months, it’s considered as the harvest season as various salmon species, especially Sockeye and Chinook, would swim return to the tahltan territory to spawn. The Tahltan would set up along “the mid-Stikine, upper-Nass and upper Skeena basins with gill-nets ready for the harvest.” (Rescan. 2012) The fish caught during this season are smoke-dried and are used to feed their families throughout the season. (Rescan. 2012) Even with their dependence on salmon. The data on the Sockeye salmon stocks in the nearby rivers shows that there is no significant decline in the Sockeye salmon stock cycle with peaks every 2-3 years. But for the