In her personal essay, fisherwoman Melanie Brown reflects on growing up around set-net fishing from a very young age and the Indigenous women in Bristol Bay, AK, whose ingenuity created …
A World of Fish Work: My Journey from Bristol Bay to Sri Lanka
By Melanie Brown, NAMA Board Member and Bristol Bay Fisherwoman The past 12 months of my life have been a season of firsts. As a fourth-generation Bristol Bay fisherwoman and …
Salmon Warriors: Mel Brown
The people of Bristol Bay have been fighting for so long to protect the land that supports the nurseries of salmon that have returned to the people for millennia. A …