ALASKANS OWN
Updated 629 days ago
- Age: 13 years
- ID: 26458274/101
304 Baranof St. in Sitka, AK 99835
Over the years, Alaskans Own has been a leader in the sustainable seafood movement, promoting small-boat fishing families and educating seafood buyers about the benefits of buying frozen fish. We've also helped address food security issues throughout Alaska and the Northwest, delivering more than 600,000 donated Alaska seafood meals in 2020... Founded in 2010 by a group of commercial fishermen in Sitka, the Alaskans Own Community Supported Fishery (CSF) was created to help make Alaska seafood more accessible to Alaskans while also helping Alaska fishermen make a fair wage. In addition, Alaskans Own's founders wanted their seafood sales to generate funding for the Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association's fishery conservation projects. In other words, they wanted Alaskans Own to benefit the wild fish and marine ecosystems that make Alaska's fisheries possible... Today, Alaskans Own remains a program of the Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association - a non-profit organization - and 100%..