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OPINION: DATA-DRIVEN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

By Doug Vincent-Lang
Updated: 21 hours ago Published: 21 hours ago

Red salmon picked from a Kenai Salmon Co. setnet pile up in a skiff on Thursday
morning, July 23, 2015, in Kenai. (Erik Hill / ADN)

As commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, I am proud to work
every day with people who make Alaska’s fisheries a global model of
sustainability and fisheries management. It takes all of us — from the deckhands
on commercial fishing boats, to my staff here at the department, to Alaska
families reporting their subsistence numbers — to uphold the data-driven,
science-based management practices that set Alaska’s fisheries apart.

We prioritize scientific research and data collection, ensuring that the
department has the information necessary to make smart management decisions. To
this end, Fish and Game deliberately invests in regular surveys, various
assessments, and monitoring of fish stocks, allowing the department to set
fishing quotas that balance the long-term health of fish populations with
economic and cultural priorities benefiting all Alaskans.

Recently we have been witnessing unprecedented change in our oceans. Managers,
fishermen, and scientists alike have many questions about the future. Fish and
Game’s focus on science-based fisheries management works to ensure the long-term
survival of our fish stocks and realization of community and economic benefits
thanks to healthy and robust fish populations in most of the state. This
involves the enforcement of limited entry and fishing quotas to prevent
overfishing while incentivizing conservation and stewardship among fishermen.
Additionally, this sometimes means reduction of bag limits and other appropriate
seasonal and area limits to fisheries are needed to protect spawning or
otherwise vulnerable stocks. In short, sustainability is enshrined in our state
constitution.

For generations, consumers the world over have known that buying Alaska seafood
means supporting healthy marine ecosystems and fisheries that support thriving
coastal communities. However, other international fisheries management systems
do not always share the State of Alaska’s commitment to sustainability. To
protect the integrity of the claim of sustainability across the global industry,
it is up to organizations such as the Marine Stewardship Council, or MSC, an
organization that evaluates and sets standards for sustainable fishing around
the world, to act with integrity and uphold its own standard, even when doing so
means missing out on profits.

Unfortunately, the MSC has failed at this duty in recent years, as it has
observed Russian actions in Ukraine, assessed the implications for its Russian
client fisheries, and chosen a path of accommodation and appeasement. It is why
I wrote them a letter detailing our concerns with their continued certification
of Russian fisheries. In the letter, I pointed out that the MSC has preserved
its own revenue stream from Russian fisheries while providing indirect support
for the Putin regime and his brutal war of aggression all the while applying
strict standards to Alaska’s fisheries with the hope that they will eventually
establish equity. This creates an unlevel playing field, and more importantly,
gravely misleads consumers and markets who believe that the seafood they are
buying is certified to the highest environmental and ethical standards. In
essence, their certification of Russian seafood denigrates the certification
they give to Alaska fisheries. Nonetheless, the State of Alaska remains
committed to the highest levels of sustainability and will continue to value
science and process when making management decisions.

The actions of the MSC continue to prove why Alaska’s homegrown, third-party
Responsible Fisheries Management, or RFM, certification program is a better
value for the seafood industry. Unlike MSC, RFM prioritizes sustainable
fisheries management over corporate profits by applying consistent certification
standards to all fisheries. Not a single Russian fishery is RFM certified, and
it should remain that way as long as those fisheries are tied to the Putin
regime.

Here in Alaska, our commitment to management and sustainable practices isn’t
driven solely by market benefits or cold profits. Our motivation stems from
respect for the resource, respect for harvesters and consumers, and respect for
all Alaskan communities depending on the longevity and health of fish stocks
today and well into the future.

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Doug Vincent-Lang is the commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

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