Issue Position: Environment and Fish

Issue Position

I grew up in a family with a fish obsession, sport fishing on the Kenai River and Quartz Creek when there were giant King Salmon in those places. I am fish-obsessed in a lot of artistic ways. I own fish dishes, fish silverware, fish platters, fish art prints -- I could go on. I was not into the sport of fishing so much, but the spectator and consuming. I married a guy obsessed with the sport of fishing, the commercial management of fishing, the tales of fishing and who truly loves to be out on an adventure.
For the last fifteen years we have been involved in direct-to-consumer high quality fish marketing. In season we deliver to local clients. We supply a spin off Farmers Market business for my sister-in-law's family in Pittsburgh, PA. Year-round we ship salmon and halibut to clients across the country.
Healthy salmon populations are critical to my family and most likely yours. We subsist on it. We earn a living on it. Salmon contribute to the vibrant ecosystem. We must protect this lifeblood of Alaska and that means protecting our water, our air and our land.
We are living during a time of grave environmental change and we must take both individual and collective efforts to slow the heating of the planet. Alaska is at the forefront of devastation that climate change can bring. We need to take steps to shrink our carbon footprint.

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