Lack of sockeye in Alaska, but we’re still killing ‘em!

It always amazes us that the human population seems satisfied to catch every last salmon out there regardless of sustainability.

In a recent article in the Kodiak Daily Mirror, journalist Derek Clarkston reports on the lack of sockeye salmon in the Buskin River, near Kodiak, Alaska.

So you’d assume that locals and tourists might be using words like ‘conservation’ and ‘restrictive action’. But no, instead, we get quotes like this:

“ Despite a lack of fish, people are still flocking to the river in hopes of reeling in a winner”

“This is just a convenient river to fish…”

“It could be worse, there could be no fish at all.”

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.