ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a story of how a particular relation between indigenous humans and indigenous fish were construed in an effort to secure the future of wild Atlantic salmon, perceived as a resource. It describes a bureaucratic process to instigate a new regulation system through the use of concessions. The bureaucratic process outlined is based upon a view of wild salmon as a resource. The chapter explores authorized the proposed separation of wild salmon and indigenous people with reference to the fact that the fish caught on the coast are indigenous mixed populations, adding to the messiness of Sea Sami indigenous practices. The salmon, as the non-human indigeneity, must be protected from the 'messy' human indigeneity. Following up the NASCO recommendations, the Parliamentary Bill on the protection of wild salmon and so on ordered further reductions of mixed stock fisheries. In Norwegian natural resource management, wild salmon and indigenous humans were co-constituted in unexpected ways.
