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Author Archives: Melanie Brown

Many Hands Benefit from Bristol Bay

Posted by Melanie Brown May 1, 2019 Commercial Fishing, Featured, Policy, Recreational Fishing, Stories Leave a Comment
Many Hands Benefit from Bristol Bay

Photo by Joanne Teasdale I am fairly certain that my ancestors found a home in Bristol Bay because of the salmon. It is hard to say exactly when they arrived, but I know that it is the Naknek River salmon that sustained them. There are many waves of peopling that have occurred in Bristol Bay […]

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About Melanie Brown

Melanie Brown has fished Bristol Bay commercially on the set-net site that her great-grandfather established when he transitioned from Bristol Bay’s sailboat drift gillnet fishery for nearly 40 seasons. She is an ambassador of Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay and has been a part of the Save Bristol Bay campaign for over 10 years. She also serves on the board of Alaska Marine Conservation Council, a coalition partner of MFCN.

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