Laura Fleming, Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, says “don’t take her word for it”

Please welcome Laura Fleming to our blog. Laura works for the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI). It’s the marketing firm that promotes everything Alaskan. And trust us, can Laura and the ASMI ever promote! Heck, they could probably sell you a rotting salmon carcass that’s labelled ‘aged jerky’.

In the comment section under a recent article entitled “25 things vanishing in America, part 2: Wild salmon”, Ms. Fleming is quick to promote her product, claiming that Alaska’s “abundant salmon runs are managed sustainably”.

Really? Well, consider this: 1 in 3 salmon from Alaska that are sold in stores in the US are actually salmon that are not “wild” – they were born in hatcheries and released into the ocean to find food. It’s called salmon ranching. Just because Alaska floods the ocean with billions of tiny salmon (1.5 billion to be precise) doesn’t make it sustainable.

And just because programs like the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Seafood Choices also promote your product, doesn’t make it sustainable either. These groups are simply extensions of ASMI.

But Laura does give some good advice, “don’t take my word for it, look for yourself!”. Yeah, look for yourself and find that all Laura and the ASMI do is attack competitors and use smoke and mirrors.

We’re on to ya’ Laura!