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Pacific Bluefin Tuna – Photo credit – NOAA Last month, the Pacific Fisheries Management Council (PFMC) held its quarterly meeting in Costa Mesa, California. The weeklong meetings are designed to engage fishing industry interests, with participation from commercial and recreational fishermen, fish processors, tribal members, environmental and community representatives, consumers, and the general public. I’ve…
National Seafood Month has arrived, and we have much to celebrate across America, especially here in the Pacific Northwest. Our region is blessed with an abundance of seafood, from the salmon, halibut, and spot prawns harvested wild in Alaska to sustainably farmed manila clams, oysters and geoduck from Washington. The varieties are endless and the…
by Lyf Gildersleeve With Sustainable Fishmonger, my goal is to consider, discuss, and address concerns related to fisheries and the seafood industry — things like oceans, dams, fishery management, and climate change. Today, let’s consider offshore wind energy. Two years ago, President Biden set a national goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity…
Part I: The ProvidersBy Lyf Gildersleeve For those of us who catch, cook, or sell fish, National Seafood Month is a key time to reflect on how we’ve fared lately. In normal years we gather to celebrate what we’ve achieved and look back on what has changed. In a year like this, we fist bump…
With world populations rising, the pressure on our planet, specifically our ocean, is at an all-time high. Billions of humans across the globe depend on sustenance from the ocean for their survival. The ocean could, and should, be a renewable source of food if we harvested the appropriate amount. Instead, humans have produced corrupt corporations,…
LAME DUCK SESSION IS PRETTY LAME Welcome back! Through this platform I will educate and engage you on what’s happening in the seafood industry, the politics, sustainability, and science. I am a guest writer on the Marine Fish Conservation (MFCN) Blog site HERE. Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions or feedback. Onto the information…… The management…
In a time when government deregulation is rampant and environmental protections are getting tossed out the window, the USA has a seafood trade deficit that could be improving… that is if American consumers are willing learn about where their food is coming from, and if consumers are willing to pay a fair price for seafood…
The threat to our natural resources and food production systems have continued unabated over the past eighteen months. Deregulation and rollbacks have benefited the fossil-fuel industry and corporate interests ahead of environmental impact and those most affected by polluted environments. City, state, and federal climate rules, policies, programs, and offices are disappearing or being weakened…
I don’t want to leave my kids with less; I want to give my kids the same opportunities as I have to enjoy nature, fishing, and a healthy environment to live in. The earth is a precious place. All we have to do is protect it, and it will continue to provide endless, replenishable…
Obesity, chronic heart disease, depression, cancer, diabetes, malnourishment are all components of our failing food system. Worldwide we produce enough calories of food to feed the entire planet, but due to inequality and distribution of power there are billions of people that are starving. Here in the United States we have a different problem; the food we are…
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