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About Save Bristol Bay
Trout Unlimited’s Alaska Program works to preserve, protect and restore wild salmon and trout populations throughout Alaska. Through sound scientific data, strong grassroots outreach and advocacy, and hands-on involvement in conservation projects we protect some of the most pristine and prized rivers on the planet, restore those that need some help, and engage the next generation of coldwater stewards in Alaska’s natural heritage.
June 2010
Ready to Splash: A Fisherman's Account of Getting His Boat in the Water
It’s the last week of June and it's time to start the fishing season. My old aluminum boat, the Chulyen, is ready to splash. Last season was the best the old girl had ever had and by far the best season I have ever had as well.
Anchorage Savors Bristol Bay
There was a lot to savor at the South Anchorage Farmer's Market on Saturday – particularly Bristol Bay salmon! Trout Unlimited Alaska celebrated the kick-off of the first fresh fish of the Bristol Bay salmon season by hosting a fillet demonstration, a kids t-shirt printing booth and a Bristol Bay salmon cook-off. Plenty of hungry Anchorage residents showed up to savor recipes prepared by a few of the best chefs in town.
Grassroots Organizing in Dillingham and Naknek
Trout Unlimited Alaska has a couple of information booths up in Dillingham and Naknek for the next couple of weeks as the commercial salmon fishing season revs up. The booths are staffed by TU-AK employees and volunteers who are offering information about the risks to Bristol Bay from large-scale mineral leasing in the watershed and what people can do to get involved. Thanks to the commercial fishing fleet for doing its part to protect Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble mine and other potential mineral developments that could harm the world’s largest sockeye salmon run. You guys rock!
Anchorage's Top Chefs Help Trout Unlimited to Protect Bristol Bay
With the Bristol Bay sockeye season just about upon us, Trout Unlimited Alaska is gearing up to hold its first Savor Bristol Bay event of the summer next week.
Bristol Bay Wild Salmon Featured in Prestigious Science Journal
A landmark study of Bristol Bay wild salmon and their remarkable genetic diversity and resilience is the subject of a cover story in the prestigious scientific journal, Nature, today. In essence, the article looks at five decades of data on Bristol Bay sockeye and concludes that that Bristol Bay is one of the world’s best examples of a highly productive, sustainable fishery.