Seafood Summit Energizes Local, Regional Seafood Entities
A local seafood summit designed to strengthen community-based seafood systems at the local, regional and national levels has concluded in Alaska, energizing a group of small boat harvesters, researchers, marketers and others to continue building on community-based seafood systems.
“Meeting salmon people for the first time in my life was overwhelming,” said Jason Jarvis, president of the board of the North American Marine Alliance, whose focus is building a movement toward healthy fisheries and fishing communities.
“The connections we’ve made here collectively are powerful. Where do we go from here?” he asked. “What do we do now?”
Jarvis was among 170 participants from across the United States and Canada who gathered at the Alyeska Hotel in Girdwood, in Southcentral Alaska for ...