The Use of Technical Information on Sustainability & Quality in the Marketing of Alaska Wild Salmon
By Randy Rice & Stephen GrabackiABSTRACT
In addition to their size and value, these fisheries are also sustainable. Every aspect of Alaska's salmon fisheries is strictly regulated, closely monitored, and rigidly enforced. The State of Alaska's statutes and regulations control such factors as:
- fishing areas & times
- the numbers of vessel licenses
- the types of fishing gear
- Alaska's well-known method in "in-season" management, according to a guiding policy of "fixed escapement".
This fisheries management system is well-crafted, and has served well for almost four decades, as demonstrated by the sustainability of the harvests, as well as by the health of their ecosystem, and the health of dozens of Alaska's fish-dependent communities.
Alaska is thousands of miles away from large sources of pollution that can contaminate the human food supply in other parts of the world. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation has a regulatory section dealing specifically with water quality. Contaminant levels that constitute a public health concern, as determined by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, have never been approached, and Alaska salmon are routinely purer than products from other sources.
The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute's Seafood Technical Program presents this and other technical information in support of the marketing of Alaska wild salmon.
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