Thank you to Blue Nile!
It’s that time of the year when the wild salmon are making their annual epic journey from the ocean up into the headwaters of Alaska’s Bristol Bay to spawn. It’s an amazing force of nature on average some 40 million salmon strong! And, it’s the economic engine for the region – supplying some 50% of the world’s commercial supply of wild sockeye salmon!
No wonder there’s so much support for protecting this sustainable salmon fishery, and the communities and hardworking commercial fishermen who rely on it, against the proposed Pebble mine. The Pebble gold and copper mine, proposed by UK-based Anglo American, would dispose of up to 10 billion tons of toxic mine waste in the Bristol Bay Fishery Reserve.
Responsible jewelers across the company have lined up in support of Bristol Bay protection, pledging not to source gold from the Pebble mine, should it be developed. The most recent signatory is on-line jeweler Blue Nile Inc. It joins over 50 other jewelers in making this commitment towards responsible gold sourcing. Check out the full list of jewelers at http://www.ourbristolbay.com/pledge-signee.html
We thank them for it. And, 40 million salmon do too!
