| It doesn't take much for the average person to catch | | | | and tomorrow would have to be Alaska, which for |
| onto the fact that the planet is becoming ever more | | | | many decades now has been waging a campaign to |
| polluted, day after day and year after year. All around | | | | keep stocks plentiful and the quality of the water |
| us the signs of ecological contamination are making | | | | impeccable. |
| themselves apparent, and the effects of this | | | | It is no surprise, consequently, that many of the |
| predicament are not delaying in making themselves felt | | | | healthiest seafood specimens in the world are |
| either-the quality of many food products has dropped | | | | harvested in the cold waters of Alaska, such as the |
| precipitously as the environments in which animals (and | | | | various kinds of Alaskan salmon, Alaskan black cod, |
| also plants) are raised become increasingly filthy and | | | | and the multiple types of crab and shellfish to be had. |
| untended. Of particular alarm is the situation unfolding in | | | | People pay extra money just to get the guarantee of |
| the world's oceans, where pollution is making itself | | | | quality and purity that comes along with seeing an |
| significantly felt, which is why it is so important that we | | | | "Alaskan seafood" logo on any seafood item, and |
| all help promote the advancement of fisheries that | | | | there is not another fishery in the nation that has done |
| support healthy marine environments for today and | | | | as much as the Alaskan to protect marine habitats. |
| tomorrow, so that we may all have access to quality | | | | Should other places follow suit, it might be possible to |
| seafood products without fear of what they may | | | | imagine that soon the world will have more fisheries |
| contain. | | | | that support healthy marine environments for today |
| Everyone has heard about the alarming levels of | | | | and tomorrow. |
| mercury detected in many fish species harvested in | | | | Alaska is home to an abundant variety of seafood, |
| many different areas of the planet's oceans, and it is a | | | | and offers some of the purest marine, freshwater, and |
| topic of serious concern. That, and many other | | | | upland habitats on the planet. |
| dangerous chemical compounds that are on the rise in | | | | From the clear crystal waters comes seafood that is |
| seafood samples are sending out a major alarm to | | | | delicious and healthy. Alaskan seafood is low in fat but |
| national and state governments that more active | | | | big on flavor and Omega-3 oils. You can study |
| regulations need to be put in place to control industrial | | | | thousands of pages of nutritional research. Or, simply |
| and commercial activity that contributes to the problem. | | | | observe the amazing health and longevity of people in |
| One area where such action has indeed been taken, | | | | countries where seafood is the most important part of |
| and that serves as an unrivaled example of fisheries | | | | their diet. Either way, Alaska seafood is as healthy as |
| that support healthy marine environments for today | | | | it is delicious. |