Wild salmon bring us together.
Wild salmon power our economy, sustain our communities, underpin traditions, and fill our bellies.
At SalmonState, we work to keep Alaska a place wild salmon and the people who depend on them thrive.
Stop Wasteful Trawl Bycatch
Over the last 10 years, trawlers have bycaught and largely discarded 141 million pounds of salmon, crab, halibut and other species each year on average. While Alaska small-boat commercial, subsistence, sport, personal use and charter fishing suffer, the largest, most wasteful fishery continues full steam ahead. This must change.
Photo by Ryan Astalos | SalmonState
Salmon Beyond Borders
The transboundary Taku, Stikine and Unuk rivers flowing from the glaciated, boreal forest of British Columbia, Canada into Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest are home to all five species of wild Pacific salmon and are vital to our economy and ways of life. Their headwaters are also home to a massive, industrialized Gold Rush, and Alaskans just miles downstream have no meaningful voice.
Photo by Colin Arisman
Defend the West Su
A proposed 100-mile-long road by an irresponsible state agency is a bad idea, and Alaskans who hunt, fish, and rely on the West Su for their livelihoods are speaking up.
Photo by Ryan Astalos | SalmonState
Southeast Alaska
Southeast Alaska’s 35 communities are part of the world’s largest temperate rainforest, a place salmon feed even the trees. We work with Southeast residents, leaders and organizations embracing sustainable, locally-led, restorative paths forward.
Photo by Tyler Bell | SalmonState
Bristol Bay Forever
Bristol Bay is the most productive sockeye salmon system on the planet — a place where salmon returns break records, create 15,000 jobs, drive a $2.2 billion economic powerhouse, and perpetuate traditional ways of life. People across the political spectrum have worked together for decades to successfully block the proposed Pebble Mine, which threatens all of that. We’ve had important victories, but Pebble is fighting to have them rolled back. We won’t give up until Bristol Bay is protected forever.
Photo by Tyler Bell | SalmonState