by Cook Inletkeeper | Dec 10, 2020 | Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Lease Sale 258, Oil & Gas, Salmon
This past week, the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council sent shockwaves across Alaska when it abruptly closed commercial salmon fishing in the federal waters of Lower Cook Inlet. The closure resulted from the State of Alaska’s blanket refusal to work with the...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Dec 8, 2020 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies
Food systems, like all systems, are made up of interconnected links, with change in one link inevitably affecting others. Links include all aspects of the food system, from farmers to processors, to retail and transportation. Our modern food system is focused on...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Dec 8, 2020 | Clean Water, Climate Change, Healthy Habitat, Local Economies
Currently about 40% of the world’s population resides within 100 kilometers from the coast, many of which depend on ocean resources to make a living, through subsistence, tourism, recreation, and other economic activities. In 2010, 39% (123.3 million) of US...
