The following is excerpted from a blog running now in the New York Times by columnist Mark Bittman. It features the salmon experiences of the amazing author of Four Fish, Paul Greenberg, as he travels through Alaska. Take the time to read his first hand accounts of this extraordinary fish. The links below will get you to the series.Paul Greenberg A chum salmon.In early summer, the biggest run of wild salmon left in the world reaches its peak. The sockeye salmon migration of Bristol Bay, Alaska, can number more than 40 million fish; the resulting fishing industry is worth more than $400 million. The award-winning author (and Times contributor) Paul Greenberg, author of the New York Times bestseller “Four Fish,” is blogging via satellite as he travels down the Stuyahok River with the Alaska guide and longtime outdoorsman Mark Rutherford.
This year’s fishing trip is particularly relevant. At present the Environmental Protection Agency is weighing whether to prevent the construction of a 10 billion-ton copper and gold mine in this remote area, something many fishermen fear could spell the end of this magnificent run. —Mark Bittman
For more:
http://bittman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/chasing-the-sockeye-salmon-migration/
Thank you, Mary, for posting this. These are wonderful blogs, full of exciting information about wild fish & their environment. I hope they motivate the stopping of the Pebble Mine.