Fishing is life: Without fishing, Alaska’s coastal residents would have no way to sustain their families and their communities

Behnken, Linda (2017) Fishing is life: Without fishing, Alaska’s coastal residents would have no way to sustain their families and their communities. Samudra Report (76). pp. 24-25. ISSN 0973 1121

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Abstract

I have fished off Alaska for over 30 years, first as a deckhand and then as a vessel owner/operator. The boat I now fish in with my family is 40 feet long, with diesel power, hydraulics for hauling our hookand-line gear, and a cabin with a diesel stove to warm us after a day working on deck. We fish for halibut and sablefish with benthic longline gear, setting ‘strings’ that are one to three miles in length in depths ranging from 40 fathoms to 600 fathoms, depending on whether we are targeting halibut or sablefish.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM1019
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, Alaska, Small-scale Fisheries, SSF Guidelines, Livelihoods, Fishing Communities, Fisheries Resources, Fisheries Management
Subjects:	Right to Resources
Depositing User:	Varsha V icsf
Date Deposited:	29 Sep 2021 08:00
Last Modified:	29 Mar 2022 11:57
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/1591

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