Challenging Alaska’s sustainable salmon greenwash
David Mills, Watershed Watch Salmon Society Fisheries Advisor Salmon are among the most gracious species on earth.
David Mills, Watershed Watch Salmon Society Fisheries Advisor Salmon are among the most gracious species on earth.
The UK-based Marine Stewardship Council will recertify the Alaska salmon fishery as sustainable in May, despite its devastating bycatch of B.C. wild salmon.
Alaskan fleets today catch more B.C. salmon and steelhead than B.C. fishers do, decimating those species and the ecosystems and livelihoods that depend on them. Sound familiar? It should.
As the fishing season winds down, we’ve got an unfortunate update: Alaskan interception fisheries killed well over 3 million