I mentioned earlier the unequivocally bad state of so many of our fisheries. The 'absence of abundance' is threatening subsistence, commercial and recreational fishing alike. Fish racks hang empty on the Yukon and Kuskokwim. The processing industry is undergoing a
wave of consolidation. Outside groups are attempting to shut down entire fisheries and list the king salmon as endangered. So much we thought we knew is changing. The changes in our climate threaten our food security and our economic security. I worry about King Cove, False Pass, Kodiak and all the coastal communities that depend on fish, fish processing and the fish tax. Just as I worry about those who are not able to fill their freezers with fish from the river.
Read Murkowski's full address here.
4 comments:
She is hardly engaged with any of Alaska's fisheries issues.
That is total bull. I don't blame this person for being anonymous.
Glad she is addressing the issue as opposed to the governor.
Maybe if they're not going to be able to fill their freezers they should call up the many cold storage outfits on the West Coast and ask them if they deliver. From what I understand, discussing this issue at one local Bellingham Cold Storage, they're about out of room in the freezer.
Food insecurity? Call up the USDA, we know they deliver.
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