Local Fishing & Local Markets

(Photo courtesy Alaska Marine Conservation Council)
(Photo courtesy Alaska Marine Conservation Council)

If food security can also be job security for fishermen, you could call it a win-win situation. Sustainability labeling is catching on in the U.S. after making a difference for years in European seafood sales. And now even in Alaska, some large customers are making deals with fishermen who promise to fish sustainably.

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