​Bristol Bay, Alaska

Ivan worked as a deckhand in the Bristol Bay Sockeye salmon fishing industry for eight years. The Bristol Bay salmon fishery has been consistently rated as one of the most sustainably-managed fisheries in the world, and was the focus of Ivan's graduate research.

In October of 2013, he was asked by the curators of the blog Art of Manliness to write an approachable piece about being a commercial fisherman. You can read it by clicking this link.

Bristol Bay fishing boats