Today at the Kodiak Fisheries Debate, Dan Sullivan’s record of corruption, self-dealing, and putting Alaska last is on full display as he lies about his abysmal 12-year Senate record in which he failed to deliver for Alaska fisheries.  

Dan Sullivan’s approval rating has sunk to an abysmal 38% – the fifth-least popular U.S. Senator in the country – as he has repeatedly voted to make life harder and more expensive for Alaskans. Throughout his twelve years in the Senate, Sullivan has failed to deliver for Alaska fishermen as fisheries continue to suffer:

• Trawl Ties: Dan Sullivan took hundreds of thousands from donors connected to the trawling industry while Southwest Alaska fisheries are facing “growing challenges” – and he’s repeatedly been in lockstep with his Lower 48 trawl donors, including one of his top donors Trident Seafoods, which was fined millions of dollars after repeatedly engaging in practices that harmed Alaska’s sea life. 

• Betting Against Alaska Fishermen: Self-Serving Sullivan broke federal law by failing to report for months up to tens of thousands of dollars in sales of stock in Mowi – the “world’s largest farmed salmon company.” He reported an investment in a direct competitor to Alaska’s salmon fishermen and got caught red-handed concealing it. 

• Protecting Pebble Mine: Sullivan has a nearly two-decade long “relationship of advocacy” for Pebble Mine, a project that is overwhelmingly opposed by Alaskans because it would jeopardize Bristol Bay, the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery. Not only does Sullivan have a history of association with Pebble Mine, he broke his promise to Alaskans to donate Pebble Mine-tied campaign cash and has continued cashing checks from the current Pebble CEO while staying silent publicly as executives push to resurrect the mine. 

• Selling Out to Special Interests: Dating back to his time as the head of Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources, Sullivan approved a controversial coal mine on the Chuitna River that would “obliterate” 11 miles of important salmon-spawning streams in Southcentral Alaska. The mine would have completely dewatered the streams in order to mine coal set to be exported to China. The mine would have wiped out salmon in the river and faced intense opposition from locals and the fishing community. As a result of his greenlighting the project, Sullivan was called “anti-salmon” and was criticized by the fishing community for siding with “outside companies at the expense of everyday Alaskans.”