The Sockeye salmon used in these earrings  was caught by our AK fisherwomen, sales rep, adventure girl extraordinaire, Elizabeth.

As sockeye salmon return upriver to their spawning grounds, their bodies turn brilliant red and their heads take on a greenish color, hence their other common name, “red” salmon. Breeding-age males develop a humped back and hooked jaws filled with tiny, visible teeth. Juveniles, while in fresh water, have dark, oval parr marks on their sides. These parr marks are short-less than the diameter of the eye-and rarely extend below the lateral line.

Salty Sisters Designs is a collaborative product of family, friends and fishermen all over the world. We offer sustainable jewelry using fish skin leather. Each piece is unique, and all fish are ethically caught, hand-cut, cured and designed. No two pieces are alike, and no fish is caught for the sole purpose of the skin.