Dan Sullivan can try all he wants to deceive Alaskans about his abysmal record on fishing – but they won’t be fooled. Sullivan’s financial gains from farmed fish, his long history of greenlighting projects that would have destroyed our fisheries, and his well-established relationship with Pebble Mine executives who are threatening to destroy Bristol Bay fisheries will be top of mind for voters in November. 

“Anti-Salmon Dan Sullivan can try to run from his anti-Alaska, anti-fish record – but he can’t hide,” said Alaska Democratic Party Chair Eric Croft. “After repeatedly greenlighting anti-fish projects at the state level that would have wiped out our fisheries, Sullivan has had 12 years in the U.S. Senate to clean up his record. Instead, he cashed out on farmed fish stocks to get richer, broke congressional finance law to hide it from Alaskans, and funded his campaign with checks from Pebble Mine executives. Don’t let Dan Sullivan fool you, he’ll sell out Alaska fisheries to the highest bidder at every turn, and that’s why we’ll send him packing this November.”

See Dan Sullivan’s anti-salmon record for yourself: 

• Betting Against Alaska Fishermen: Self-Serving Sullivan broke federal law by failing to report tens of thousands of dollars in sales of stock in Mowi – the “world’s largest farmed salmon company.” He reported trading stock 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.”