Fishery Injustice

“We’ve been living and depending on salmon for about 12,000 years. I can’t think of a more obvious case of social injustice and environmental injustice than what we’re seeing in terms of salmon mismanagement in Western Alaska.”
Mary Peltola, Congressional representative for all Alaska
In the federally managed waters off Alaska's coast is a great injustice: the pollock trawl fleet, which bycatches and dumps massive amounts marine life, including many declining species of priceless value to Alaskans, while traditional, sport and commercial directed fishermen for those species forgo fishing in order to conserve these declining species.
The trawl fleet is allowed to bycatch and dump an unlimited amount of chum salmon, tens of thousands of king salmon, millions of crab, and countless other species, including Bristol Bay red king crab, snow crab, and halibut.
Their nets are the size of football fields - so large that they sometimes bycatch killer whales.
All told, on average they have bycaught 141 million pounds of marine life each year over the last ten years.
“We’re running out of wild places. We’re running out of food on this planet. But the reason [trawling] is still going on is because it’s under the water and it’s really far away, so nobody sees it.”
Bristol Bay setnetter Catie Bursch.
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factory trawl fleets.

[@AileenSerrantes-ol8qk]

Thank you ❤

[@arturobelmonte6803]

It's sad to see the pain and frustration on her eyes

[@SomewhatDecent1]

When the last tree is cut down, the last fish eaten, and the last stream poisoned, you will realize that you cannot eat money.

[@dianaroach3093]

So sad. Lord give them strength to go through this.

[@SomewhatDecent1]

The shell companies do the same in Africa

[@tonytoloczko5243]

Get rid of commercial fishing.

[@serfbummer]

This is serious. We should be attentive and not give up until trawl gear is banned.

[@benjamincastleman8580]

Fishing has Been Going on for Hundreds and Hundreds of YEARS WAY before We we're ever Alaskan Fisherman anything, And I Fished All My life Growing up and the town I grew up in you can't fish There either..!! In 2023, Anymore.! But in the '90s, when I was growing up, you could fish At any point of the river, at any time of the day, or night..! NOW The City Has A Restrictions, on a Time limit for people swimming, Let alone floating in the River, I grew up Freely Swimming in, and Fishing In, NOW I Hate That River with a passion, Because The City Put Ten Foot Fences on the side of the River As well..!, so you Can't Just Hop in the River, At any point of the river, Like you Used to be able to! You Actually have To Pay Money To Float Down The River..!! Crazy Huh..!!..? When Back Then No One EVER PAID To Swim OR Float The River, And what's worse This River In TEXAS Has Security Officers In CANOES With Paddles, and you are stuck on a Tube So No Smoking Or Drinking Of Any Kind, But Back In The Day.., I know because I was floating down the river since the CHANGE.., and I was smoking Not a 🚬, and Anyways, This Security Officer Came From Behind me So Fast, in a canoe, 👮🛶 Grabbed My hand out of the water And Luckily I was able to get rid of it, before he actually CAUGHT up with me.., but this officer in the canoe, did not let my hand go, until he pulled me, to the side of under a train bridge that the river went under.., and kicked me out of the river for 24 hours..! First time in my life that has ever happened and I have not been back to That awful river since..! What it used to be Was AMAZING, What it is Now, PURE DOG CRAP..!!! We As AMERICAN CITIZEN ARE Told We Are Free But OUR MIND'S ARE CONTROLLED EVERYDAY..!! With FABRICATED LIES, From The GOVERNMENT To Make You Feel More AT Home And Before You Know It America Is Going To Be A Caged in Prison, and Cost More To Leave This Country Then To Actually STAY We ALL ARE SLAVE'S TO THE GOVERNMENT, AND DON'T EVEN KNOW IT..!!!!

[@huckfin1100]

Also need to stop forcing people to buy their right to go recreational fishing we all have a god-given right to go fishing for food fun therapy, stop the permission slips/licenses

[@tonytoloczko5243]

Get rid of trawlers

[@fkyourpolitics2997]

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