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. . .Also, "Real Fish Don't Eat Pellets." Those are bumper stickers that have been sported by cars and trucks here in Alaska over the years.
Alaskans have done many, many stupid things over the decades -- too many to count -- but one thing we have done right is manage our salmon stocks. Major environmental organizations say so, at least. I think it's a good idea to support good environmental stewardship any way possible. (However, there are some threats to that good stewardship from some terrible Murkowski administration policies and the possible development of a huge open-pit mine near Bristol Bay, but I digress.)
As for concerns about high prices of Alaska salmon, consumers can always buy pink salmon, which is the cheapest and most plentiful of the five Alaska varieties. It's so cheap that it's regularly donated to food banks and school lunch programs. I personally would choose canned pink salmon (and of course, canned red salmon) over so-called "fresh" farmed salmon every time. In fact, I just came back from the grocery store, where I bought some canned reds for my family.
