SUSTAINABILITY + STEWARDSHIP

The Bristol Bay watershed in southwestern Alaska supports the largest sockeye salmon fishery in the world. The Nushagak River and Kvichak River watersheds are the largest of Bristol Bay's six major river basins and compose about 50% of the total watershed area. Bristol Bay is a world-class commercial and sport fishery for Sockeye, Coho, Chinook, Chum, and Pink Salmon.
In order to remain one of the premier salmon fisheries in the world, harvesting must be managed and Alaska is known for being the best managed due to constitutional mandates. These mandates state that resources must be managed on the principle of sustainable fishing. Ensuring that over-fishing and killing off the salmon population. To read more about constitutional protection, click here.

CERTIFIED WILD CAUGHT &
CERTIFIED SUSTAINABLE

Fisherman’s Pride Wild Alaskan Seafood is solely partnered with fleet members who are contracted with our family’s chosen processor. By doing so, we can ensure that our harvest methods are standardized and that we are only buying back salmon that is caught within the Bristol Bay fishing district. This way, we can ensure that (by law) the Marine Stewardship Council Standards are always followed and that we only ever sell fish that is both certified wild-caught and certified sustainable. For more info, please visit https://bristol-bay-sustainable-salmon.stories.msc.org/.

STAYING “SMALL”

Because we believe in offering a truly superior product, we will only be buying back a small portion of our current season’s catch. This allows our wild-caught sockeye salmon, pacific halibut and sablefish to be sold as fresh as possible. However, this also means that we will have limited inventory and once we are sold out, we will not fulfill additional orders until the next harvest season. Our summer fish harvest ends in August and our processed fillets will be available in northern Colorado by late October. To order the freshest fish around, click the button below!

PROTECTING OUR FISHERIES

For the last 10+ years, a mining company has petitioned to mine a pit over a mile long, a mile wide, and 200 meters deep of Bristol Bay. This would destroy nearly 3,500 acres of wetlands, lakes, and ponds and 81 MILES of salmon streams. an international mining corporation has been trying to build one of the world's largest open pit mines in Bristol Bay.