{"id":51993,"date":"2009-11-24T16:30:42","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T21:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/northwestvoices\/2010347153_bristolbaysalmoncontroversymakesasplashinseattle.html?syndication=rss"},"modified":"2009-11-24T16:30:42","modified_gmt":"2009-11-24T21:30:42","slug":"bristol-bay-salmon-controversy-makes-a-splash-in-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/51993","title":{"rendered":"Bristol Bay salmon controversy makes a splash in Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Toxic impacts of mining endanger Pacific Northwest icon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a longtime Seattle resident and restaurateur, I commend the efforts of fellow chefs to educate our customers on the perils of mining in the Bristol Bay area [\u201c13 restaurants enter fray over wild Alaska salmon,\u201d NWTuesday, Now. 17].<\/p>\n<p>Wild salmon is not only an iconic symbol of the Pacific Northwest and the centerpiece of our region\u2019s culinary heritage; it serves as a critical link in our region\u2019s ecosystem. The sockeye salmon of Bristol Bay represent one of our region\u2019s last remaining healthy fish runs.<\/p>\n<p>The toxic impacts of mining in this pristine environment present unacceptable risks to fish and the watershed upon which they rely.<\/p>\n<p>I applaud our colleagues in defending this vital resource, and encourage Seattle diners to patronize their fine establishments.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Buzz Hofford, Shoreline<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toxic impacts of mining endanger Pacific Northwest icon As a longtime Seattle resident and restaurateur, I commend the efforts of fellow chefs to educate our customers on the perils of mining in the Bristol Bay area [\u201c13 restaurants enter fray over wild Alaska salmon,\u201d NWTuesday, Now. 17]. Wild salmon is not only an iconic symbol [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}