Building a Life Around the Sea with Salmon Sisters Claire and Emma: Commercial Fishing, Design, and Environmental Advocacy

Claire and Emma of Salmon Sisters join us to pull back the curtain on what it takes to get wild Alaskan salmon from the water to your plate. Growing up on a remote off-grid homestead at the tip of the Alaskan Peninsula, fishing commercially with their father, and building a women-owned small business over the last decade, these two sisters have become some of Alaska's most compelling voices for sustainable fishing, fisheries advocacy, and connection to place.In this episode we cover:Why all Alaskan salmon is wild and what that means for you as a consumerHow commercial fishermen function as scientists and frontline stewards of wild fisheriesThe truth about overfishing, escapement, and sustainable fisheries management in AlaskaWhat it looks like to build a women-owned seafood business from the ground upRaising the next generation of women in commercial fishingHow living off the land shapes values around food, sustainability, and communityWhy small family fishing businesses are the backbone of the Alaska seafood industryAdvocacy work protecting salmon habitat and watersheds for future generationsFind Salmon Sisters at salmonsisters.com and follow them on Instagram @salmonsisters.Find host Gabriella on Instagram at @outsidegabs and the podcast at @womeninwildplaces🏜️ Join Us in Bears Ears This OctoberThis fall, Women in Wild Places is teaming up with KMAC Guides for a five day backpacking trip through Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. We will hike sandstone canyons, explore ancient Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings, sleep under some of the darkest skies in the lower 48, and build real community with a group of women who showed up for something that called to them. Optional yoga daily, structured community moments throughout, and KMAC guides making sure every experience level is supported every step of the way. Space is very limited.👉 Sign up here