DILLINGHAM, AK – In response to a new study released by University of Alaska – Anchorage’s Institute of Social and Economic Research, known as ISER, members of Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay point to findings demonstrating the economic advantages of the Bristol Bay fishery over Pebble jobs. Total economic contribution and number of jobs from the sustainable fishing industry outnumbered offerings at the Pebble Exploration Project. Furthermore, the new ISER study concerning jobs at Pebble cover only a short time frame whereas the fishery can continue employing Alaskans forever.
Pebble is still the wrong mine in the wrong place
Backers of the Pebble mine seem to think that the recent election grants them a green light to proceed with a mine that risks American jobs and Alaska's economy. Reality says otherwise: Opposition to the Pebble mine has never been greater or more widespread. Alaskans and hundreds of thousands of others across the country are united in the fact that the Pebble mine is too risky because it trades lasting American jobs for temporary ones backed by a foreign mining conglomerate.
Alaska board issues recommendations for fish habitat permits
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Opposition to Pebble Mine reiterated by local tribes, fishermen, business owners
DILLINGHAM, AK - Following the inauguration of President Donald Trump, and given recent media concerning Pebble Limited Partnership’s sole Canadian-owned investor, Northern Dynasty Minerals, local tribes, fishermen and business owners reiterated their continued long-term opposition to the Pebble Mine due to its threats to Bristol Bay’s salmon fishery and thousands of American jobs.
Northern Dynasty Says It Has Trump Backing, Seeking New Partner
Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. expects to resolve a dispute with the U.S. environmental regulator by April to enable it to move ahead with permitting one of the world’s largest undeveloped copper and gold deposits.