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Austin Breckenridge: f/v Anasazi  Alaska Select's founder Captain Nick Lee led the f/v Anasazi through a tremendously successful sockeye salmon season up in Bristol Bay 2021. We are also happy to report that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reinstating the Clean Water Act to protect the fishery from industrial-scale mining. “As wild salmon populations decline globally, Bristol Bay's prolific wild salmon runs and the economies they support make it a place of international importance. This summer, over 65 million sockeye salmon returned to Bristol Bay, making it a record-breaking year for the world’s largest sockeye fishery.”  “[In September of...

When consumers are actually educated about how to make responsible choices--instead of being told that they don’t exist--they are empowered to help shape an industry that our populous planet cannot afford to dissolve. They can help create and support an industry that is responsible for protecting its resources from the exact kinds of exploitation exposed in Seaspiracy.

It's been a wild journey trying to protect Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble Mine--and it's not over. Here's an outline of the latest developments.

The Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association just came out with 5 foolproof ways to cook salmon! To watch the videos or access their links, access their site here.

The gathering of communities to celebrate the harvest, abundance, unity, and the cycles of life, is an ancient and trans-cultural rite that is as much about the future as it is about the past.  The symbol of the domestic turkey has generally been pumped up and out with little regard for quality of life--that of the bird, or our own. We propose an alternative candidate for our "thanksgiving" centerpieces--our nation's most precious 'wild food'--one that is already an ancient symbol of abundance, fertility, prosperity, and renewal. By honoring responsibly harvested wild salmon through our "thanksgiving" traditions, we put value on sustaining the cycles of life, and in turn, celebrate our own role in stewarding our modern world.