Sustainable Fish Subscription Service Now Available To Order
The following press release is courtesy of the Alaska Longline Fisherman’s Association:
Alaskan’s Own (AO), a Community Supported Fishery (CSF) program run by the Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association (ALFA), has opened and is receiving subscription orders for the 2018 season.
Alaskans Own was the first Community Supported Fishery (CSF) program in Alaska. Now in its ninth year, AO was created to connect consumers to small boat fishermen, ensure that more fish caught in Alaska stays in Alaska, and create a sustainable source of revenue to support ALFA’s Fishery Conservation Network, which engages fishermen and scientists in conservation and research initiatives.
Similar to Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs, CSF programs address an important environmental and socio-economic need by strengthening consumer-producer relationships. By forward-funding a season of seafood, subscribers invest in sustainable harvest and the rural fishermen who catch their fish, as well as supporting the web of seafood-related jobs that provide the economic backbone for our coastal communities.
There are four-month and six-month subscriptions available starting in May. The six-month subscriptions allow people to keep receiving fish through October instead of August, when the traditional four-month subscriptions end. Subscriptions include a mix of premium locally hook-and-line caught black cod (sablefish), halibut, king salmon, coho salmon, lingcod and rockfish, depending on the commercial fishing season and prices.
Alaskans Own has just released its prices- choose either monthly installments or pay all at once and receive 5% off.
CSF Prices:
4 Month share (May- August)
Lbs / Month | Pay-at-once | Monthly pmnt. |
Feed a few – 5 lbs / month | $375 | $99 / month |
Feed a family – 10 lbs / month | $708 | $186.25 / month |
Feed a neighborhood – 20 lbs / month | $1,320 | $347.50 / month |
6 Month share (May – October)
Lbs / Month | Pay-at-once | Monthly pmnt. |
Feed a few – 5 lbs / month | $565 | $99 / month |
Feed a family – 10 lbs / month | $1,030 | $180.83 / month |
Feed a neighborhood – 20 lbs / month | $2,000 | $343.33 / month |
*Sitka subscribers take $1 / lb off listed total price
“AO’s model is unique from other CSFs because it is not only connecting customers to the fishermen that caught their fish, it is supporting a range of fishermen-sourced conservation initiatives,” says Alyssa Russell, ALFA’s Communications Director. “We’re so excited to be bringing customers another year of sustainably-caught, delicious seafood.”
Customers who don’t live in one of Alaskans Own’s CSF cities (Sitka, Juneau, Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Seattle) can also partake by setting up a custom order with Alaskans Own staff, who can be reached at alaskansownfish@gmail.com or 907-747-3400.
Shares and seafood boxes can be purchased on our online store at alaskansown.com
Alaskans Own is a non-profit, community supported fisheries program. Joining Alaskans Own is about a lot more than buying great fish. It’s an investment in the health of both fish and fisherman, in a cleaner environment, more vibrant local economies and a better future for Alaska. Learn more about our Fishery Conservation Network at alfafish.org