Launch: 2026 Alaska Fisheries Candidate Guide

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B&J Sporting Goods Launches 2026 Alaska Fisheries Candidate Guide

New statewide voter education initiative invites candidates to share their governing philosophies on Alaska fisheries ahead of the Primary Election on August 18, 2026.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — B&J Sporting Goods has officially launched the 2026 Alaska Fisheries Candidate Guide, a new non-partisan voter education initiative designed to help Alaska voters better understand how candidates seeking public office would approach the governance and stewardship of Alaska's fisheries, seafood resources, and coastal communities.

Invitations to participate have now been distributed to candidates for Governor of Alaska.

As Alaska's largest dedicated fishing tackle and bait shop, B&J Sporting Goods regularly interacts with Alaskans from across the state and around the country who care deeply about the future of Alaska's fisheries and the communities, businesses, and families that depend upon them. The Alaska Fisheries Candidate Guide was developed to provide a centralized, structured, and publicly accessible resource through which candidates can communicate directly with Alaska voters—in their own words.

Unlike traditional campaign questionnaires, the Guide is designed to help voters understand not only candidates' policy positions, but also the governing philosophies, decision-making approaches, and stewardship principles they would bring to one of Alaska's most important public resources.

To ensure fairness, consistency, and equal treatment for every participating candidate, each candidate within the same race received:

• the same questionnaire,
• the same response deadline,
• the same publication standards,
• and the same opportunity to participate.

Survey responses will be published substantially as submitted, with only minor formatting or typographical corrections where necessary for readability. Responses will not be edited in a manner that changes a candidate's meaning or intent.

Following the close of the response period, the completed Alaska Fisheries Candidate Guide will be published as:

• a publicly accessible online voter guide,
• individual webpages for each participating candidate,
• a downloadable PDF voter guide,
• and a permanent election resource hosted on the B&J Sporting Goods website.

"Alaska voters deserve every reasonable opportunity to better understand how candidates would approach governing one of our state's most important public resources. Our goal is to provide a fair, transparent, and accessible voter education resource that allows candidates to communicate directly with Alaskans while making it easier for voters to compare responses in a consistent format."
— B&J Sporting Goods

B&J Sporting Goods encourages Alaska voters, commercial fishermen, sport fishermen, subsistence users, seafood industry workers, researchers, coastal communities, media organizations, and all Alaskans interested in the future of Alaska's fisheries to

1. encourage candidates to participate and
2. watch for publication of the completed Guide ahead of the 2026 Alaska Primary Election.

Participation in the Alaska Fisheries Candidate Guide is voluntary and does not constitute an endorsement or opposition by B&J Sporting Goods toward any candidate, political party, organization, or policy position.

Alaska Governor Candidate Response Deadline:

Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 5pm Alaska Standard Time (AKST)

Intended Alaska Fisheries Candidate Guide Publication Window:

Between Saturday, August 1 and Monday, August 3, 2026.

Media Contact: marketing@bnjsg.com