September 22, 2014 — "I wanted to tell a story about how I came to the realization that open-net salmon farms were the most overlooked environmental hazard of our day, and how it poses a very real threat to Alaskans and our economy," said Pozonsky, a third-generation Alaskan who grew up on Kenai Peninsula beaches and fished commercially in Bristol Bay.
Sara Pozonsky, a lifelong Alaska fisherman and owner of Wild Alaskan Salmon Company, believes salmon farms are a perilously overlooked environmental catastrophe, and she's launched an advocacy effort highlighted by a film to nudge the issue into the spotlight.
Pozonsky, Tracie Donahue and Shad Selby recently co-directed and released "A Fishy Tale," an hour-long documentary about Pozonsky's efforts to encourage legislation to inform Americans about the fish they're consuming. The film follows Pozonsky as she asks people on the street what they think about eating farmed salmon, visits a British Columbia community impacted by fish farming, confronts the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) about its support of fish farms, rallies for awareness in Washington, D.C., and interviews Rep. Don Young about his efforts to protect wild salmon fisheries in Alaska.
"I wanted to tell a story about how I came to the realization that open-net salmon farms were the most overlooked environmental hazard of our day, and how it poses a very real threat to Alaskans and our economy," said Pozonsky, a third-generation Alaskan who grew up on Kenai Peninsula beaches and fished commercially in Bristol Bay. Finfish farming was banned in Alaska waters in 1989 in an effort to preserve wild fish stocks and protect the commercial fishing industry.
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