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Do handling practices affect salmon quality? Absolutely! Casting a net is the beginning of an immense responsibility that fishermen share. The practices in place contribute largely to how healthy and appetizing the fish will be.

Know Your Source, Know Your Fisherman ~ Utah Resident and Alaskan Fisherman Nick Lee is on a quest to help consumers know the source of their seafood.

When people ask me what I do, I like to joke that, “I kill fish for a living.” After all, it’s true. How’s that for transparency?

At eighteen, I boarded an airplane for the first time and landed in Sitka, Alaska to replace my brother who had been injured. I never looked back. Since my inaugural commercial fishing adventure 35 years ago, I have spent every 4^thof July in Alaska, which just happens to be the traditional peak fishing for salmon in Bristol Bay Alaska.