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By: Alexus Kwachka of Kodiak has fished 15 seasons in Bristol Bay. Jake Jacoby is in his 13th year of operating in fisheries and is also an educator who lives in Juneau.

As commercial fishermen convene in Juneau this week for spring meetings and Sen. Lisa Murkowski delivers her annual address to the Legislature, we’ll be listening and hoping for clear indications that she has our backs when it comes to ensuring that our Bristol Bay businesses and fisheries are given a fair shake in the federal permitting underway for the proposed Pebble Mine.