These points include primary and credible citations to include in your comment.
Ecology
- Habitat for at least 29 species of fish
(Bristol Bay Assessment, Executive Summary, EPA, 2014, pg. 8) - Habitat for at least 40 terrestrial mammal species
(Bristol Bay Assessment, Executive Summary, EPA, 2014, pg. 8) - Habitat for at least 190 bird species (Bristol Bay Assessment, Executive Summary, EPA, 2014, pg. 8)
Economic Value
Commercial Seafood Industry
- 12,500 jobs in Bristol Bay (
Alaska Seafood Economic Value Report, Sept. 2017, McDowell Group, pg. 18)
The mine claims it will provide only 2,000 over its 20-year lifetime (https://pebblewatch.com/resources/faq/) - $197 million labor income (2017
Alaska Seafood Economic Value Report, Sept. 2017 McDowell Group, pg. 19) - $547 million in economic output to the region (2017
Alaska Seafood Economic Value Report, Sept. 2017 McDowell Group, pg. 19) - Nearly $1 billion including multiplier impacts
in other industries (Economic
Value of Bristol Bay, Bristol Bay Native Corporation) - 1,500 resident commercial fishermen (2017
Alaska Seafood Economic Value Report, Sept. 2017, McDowell Group, pg. 19)
Sport Fishing and Wildlife-Dependent Tourism
- $58 million spent in sport-fishing tourism (Bristol Bay Assessment, EPA, 2014, Vol 3, pg. 49)
- $104 million to region in non-fishing tourism economics (i.e. Katmai National Park, big game hunting, etc.) (Bristol Bay Assessment, EPA, 2014, Vol 3, pg. 50)
Subsistence
- $6 million annually in subsistence-related expenditures (Bristol Bay Assessment, EPA, 2014, Vol 3, pg. 47)
- More than 30 Native Tribes in the region depend on Bristol Bay sockeye for their subsistence way of life. (Bristol Bay Assesment, EPA, 2014 Vol. 3, pg. 14)
The entire Alaska Seafood Industry
- The tagline of the Alaska Seafood brand is Wild, Natural & Sustainable. With the global eye on Pebble, the mine would leave a black mark on the brand for not upholding these promises, whether or not there was a failure.
- If there is a mine failure, it would cost the state millions in marketing to try to save the Alaska Seafood brand and the Alaska Seafood commercial fishing industry it supports, which contributes $5 billion to the state and over 55,000 jobs.