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AO logoWhat Can Alaskans Own Offer You?

Alaskans Own provides the scrumptious bounty of Alaska’s ocean to Alaskans. It is seafood sustainably caught by family fishing women and men. It is locally processed, and delivered to subscribers with maximum attention to quality and freshness. Alaskans Own is a select brand of seafood for the discerning consumer, wanting the best tasting, healthiest seafood available - now and for generations to come.

Alaskans Own invests in the future of wild Alaskan fisheries and the fishing communities whose caring practices are vital to ocean health. It is part of a network of Community Supported Fisheries and is a program of the Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust. The fishermen who participate in Alaskans Own adhere to a comprehensive Code of Conduct to ensure economic, social and environmental viability for their communities and the fisheries.

filletIf you are interested in subscribing, or supporting our programs, please contact us.

If you are interested in starting a Community Supported Fishery program in your own community, consider joining the Alaskans Own network. Here are some of the benefits you’ll receive by teaming up with Alaskans Own.

For qualifying Community Supported Fishery programs. Alaskans Own will:

  • Provide Non-profit tax status, Business Licensing, and Product Liability Insurance.
  • Assist with business planning, marketing advice, and access to legal research.
  • Assist with start-up costs, for example scales and labels.
  • Assist in start-up funding for a coordinator of your Alaskans Own CSF, if necessary.
  • Increase CSF marketing opportunities through sales of seafood subscriptions across the Alaskans Own network.
  • Provide a monthly newsletter, Docklines, which is distributed to all Alaskans Own Seafood Subscribers. Docklines contains information about the health benefits of seafood, recipes, fishermen profiles, member-CSF features, and current fishing issues.
  • Supply you with your own web space on the Alaskans Own website, as well as the Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust website.
  • Provide you with licensed use of the reputable and established Alaskans Own brand name.
  • Offer Alaskans Own Merchandise available to your CSF subscribers.

There are plenty of benefits to joining the Alaskans Own Brand Network.
Please contact us at info@thealaskatrust.org or 907-747-3477 for more information.
Alaskans Own, from the sea to the land: A program of the Alaska Sustainable fisheries Trust, to assure food security for our future.