Linda Behnken, fisherman and Executive Director of Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association, knows all too well the impacts that offshore fish farming has on communities. As she explains, “Every place where there has been offshore fish farming we have seen wild stocks be decimated. There are always problems with parasites and escapees that impact the wild stock. Alaska has outlawed offshore fish farming for good reason but it is not something that people take for granted. Salmon are already stressed by climate change, to add anything to that stress completely undermines the communities that rely on them.”