7 tips to sustain our salmon supply

Amy Grondin, a Northwest sustainable fisheries consultant, shares ideas to help salmon thrive:

• 1. Eat all five species (previous page).
• 2. Buy frozen or locally caught in season—they often have a smaller carbon footprint than fresh, shipped fish.
• 3. Choose wild, especially from Alaska, over farmed. Alaska has the healthiest salmon habitat.
• 4. Buy organic foods The residue from pesticides and fertilizers pollutes streams.
• 5. Conserve water and electricity Using less water for lawns and hydropower frees up more water for fish.
• 6. Look for the Salmon-Safe label on Northwest produce and wine (salmonsafe.org).
• 7. Join a cause Restore habitat West-wide: Trout Unlimited. Restore Northwest habitat: Save Our Wild Salmon; Long Live the Kings. Protect Bristol Bay, Alaska, site of a proposed open-pit mine and home to one-third of the world’s salmon: save​bristolbay.org

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