The fishing ban for the year 2012 was effective during the months of April-May.
Mercury, from industrial dumping, is the primary reason for the fishing ban.
Despite a fishing ban, they have yet to come back in significant numbers.
The fishermen met journalists from the south on Saturday to explain their plight as a result of government's fishing ban.
Among other protections is a complete, if imperfectly enforced, fishing ban.
He suggested the fishing ban in at least some areas could be lifted by April.
Alaskan officials contend that Canada's fishing ban, based on its scientists' studies, is an extreme reaction.
There has been a fishing ban in place since 2002.
Violation of the fishing ban can lead to an unlimited fine upon conviction on indictment.
A fishing ban has been imposed by the Government of Macedonia, since 2004 and until 2014.