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[Harvey Humchitt]:Herring eggs was one of the staples in our diet.

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[Harvey Humchitt]:They were passed around too at feasts and potlatches and used for communal gatherings along with other seafood that we used to gather.

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[Harvey Humchitt]:Abalone was one of them.

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[Harvey Humchitt]:When the stocks were healthy, we had a lot of areas where the herring would spawn.

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[Harvey Humchitt]:Right now, we only have a couple of small places where the herring are spawning.

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[Harvey Humchitt]:We've lost 80% of our traditional spawning areas.

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[Harvey Humchitt]:People from the village used to go out, pick their own spots,

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[Harvey Humchitt]:We used to be able to get our herring eggs from those areas.

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[Harvey Humchitt]:Places like Bodie Pass, Stryker Bay, Crosshair.

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[Harvey Humchitt]:A lot of them don't have any spawning herring anymore.