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Commentary: Melanie Brown Lays Out Stakes in Alaska’s Finfish Farming Debate

May 16, 2025

Beautiful black and white photo of Melanie Brown smiling on her silver fishing boat. She is wearing waders, a baseball cap with fish on it, and gloves. Her gillnet sits to the right inside the boat. The partly cloudy sky appears behind her, with light streaming out from behind the clouds.

In an Alaska Beacon op-ed, fourth-generation Bristol Bay fisherman and wild salmon advocate Melanie Brown makes a compelling case for why Alaska should steer clear of industrial-scale finfish farming. Melanie …

Say NO to Ocean Feedlots — Support the Keep Finfish Free Act!

April 30, 2025

A colorful red-orange sockeye salmon jumps upstream through whitewater, which splashes all around. There are also several other sockeye swimming nearby in the background.

Today, Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) jointly introduced the Keep Finfish Free Act of 2025, a critical bill to stop federal agencies from greenlighting dangerous offshore finfish …

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