About
Alsek Salmon
Our Mission
Eat Wild. Save Wild.
We at Alsek Salmon believe that our food sources should be sustainable, which is why we became commercial fishermen. The Dry Bay Set Gill Net Fishery is currently monitored by a joint commission of both Alaskan, Federal, and Canadian agencies to ensure the run is sustainable, by using historical data and state of the art fish counting and studies.
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We believe that all people have the right to know where their food comes from and how it has been handled. Before and since founding Alsek Salmon, our family has lived a subsistence based lifestyle (the hunting and gathering of food such as moose, caribou, waterfowl, fish, berries, and other edible plants). Because of our lifestyle, we know exactly where our food comes from and what goes into it when processed. We know there are no chemicals, antibiotics, or dyes included and carry these same beliefs into the handling of Alsek Salmon's fish.
Our Story
Family owned. Alaska tough.
Eric and Jaimie are a Yakutat fishing family who spend their winters teaching off the road system in Alaska and dreaming about fish camp. Eric first came to Kodiak, Alaska in 2009, where he spent his summer break working as a fisherman. Jaimie took a seasonal job working at a small fishing lodge outside of Ketchikan, Alaska in 2010. A love of remote Alaska and all things salmon lead to their paths crossing in 2013 while working at the same small fishing lodge outside of Ketchikan. This meeting would lead to marriage and winter careers in teaching for both Jaimie and Eric. While splitting their time between the remoteness of Dry Bay and Western Alaska they learned much about living an Alaskan subsistence lifestyle, utilizing available resources responsibly, and working to ensure the sustainability of natural resources for future generations.
The two spent 8 years teaching in Stebbins, Alaska -a small bush village that is only accessible by plane – before taking positions in Kotzebue and realizing they are not cut out for city life! They are excited to be back in the village of Unalakleet for teaching. During their time in Stebbins, they welcomed two children and actualized their dream of becoming commercial fishermen. In 2018, they purchased a limited entry permit and a fishing cabin in Dry Bay, Alaska. At long last, they are thrilled to be able to share their little piece of heaven through providing others with the fish that has defined their lives
