Wild sockeye salmon spawning at Lake Iliamna in the Bristol Bay watershed.
Bristol Bay is the lifeblood of Alaska. Home to the world’s largest wild sockeye salmon run, the bay provides tens of thousands of Alaskan jobs and feeds Americans from coast to coast. Its pristine waters have sustained the Indigenous peoples of the region for millennia, and each year tens of thousands of anglers and visitors from around the world are drawn to its extraordinary beauty and abundance.
Our Economy,
Salmon, and Way of
Life are at Stake
Bristol Bay’s regional economy generates $1.5 billion annually from commercial fishing and supports 14,000 fishing jobs. Credit: K Raymond
If built, the foreign-owned Pebble Mine will poison Bristol Bay, weaken Alaska’s economy, and threaten our way of life. Despite this, the mine is being fast-tracked for construction permitting.
Pebble Mine is wrong
for Bristol Bay
Geamana village flooded with wastewater from mining, Romania, taken in May 2019.