
ALFA to highlight challenges to the independent commercial fishing fleet
Around the U.S., commercial fishermen of all kinds are being targeted by lawsuits and misinformation campaigns orchestrated by competing special interest groups posing as environmentalists.
Among other sustainably managed commercial fisheries, Southeast Alaska’s salmon troll fisheries have been the target of aggressive lawsuits and misleading rhetoric trying to frame small-boat salmon fishermen as the cause for declining Chinook salmon and Southern Resident Killer Whales in the Pacific Northwest.
In a coordinated effort to correct misinformation, the Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association (ALFA) has implemented an initiative to educate chefs and seafood buyers with well-documented science to promote salmon conservation work being done in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, and to help consumers understand that buying wild salmon is key to saving wild salmon.
ALFA will share details of their work at the Wild Seafood Connection in Bellingham, Wash. on Feb. 27 where they will distribute educational materials and share the new short film, The Grace, featuring Wash.-based Southeast Alaska salmon troller and direct marketer, Kat Murphy (Katfish Salmon Co.).
Anyone selling wild seafood directly to restaurants, retailers, and consumers may want to attend Wild Seafood Connection in Bellingham on Feb. 27 where they’ll be able to learn more about those advocating to protect their interests, learn more about preparing product for market and accessing funding and grant resources.