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Alaska Commercial Fishermen Survey Launches: Online Survey Responses Due May 1
JUNEAU, AK – Seafood directly employs more workers than any other private sector industry in Alaska, and is the foundation of many rural communities (McDowell 2020). To ensure fishermen’s voices are heard in the response to and mitigation of COVID-19 related impacts, today SalmonState is kicking off an online fisherman’s survey. The organization is seeking to hear directly from Alaska’s commercial fishermen about the challenges and opportunities faced by independent fishermen, families, and communities. The survey seeks input and guidance from fishermen as the seafood industry adapts to COVID-19 in the 2020 season.
Pebble Mine preliminary FEIS is a capstone to a corrupt, scientifically inadequate process
SalmonState stands by the United Tribes of Bristol Bay’s assessment that when it comes to the proposed Pebble Mine, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to disregard the scathing feedback it has received from scientists and scientific agencies, as well as the clear directives to address the shortcomings in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the project from lawmakers such as Senator Lisa Murkowski. The Corps released its preliminary Final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed mine to Cooperating Agencies and Tribes yesterday, shortly after meetings at which Cooperating Agencies continued to raise grave concerns with the Corps about the proposed project’s impacts.
SalmonState joins Bristol Bay organizations in fighting for science in court, calls for EPA General Counsel Matthew Leopold’s resignation
ANCHORAGE—Today SalmonState is suing the Environmental Protection Agency and calling for the resignation of EPA General Counsel Matthew Leopold for recent actions that threaten the health of the world’s largest sockeye salmon run and the communities and business owners who depend on it.