Sustainable seafood isn’t a slogan to Flying Fish, it’s our livelihood. Flying Fish maintains a membership to 1% for the Planet and SurfRider’s Ocean Friendly Restaurants.
Our president Lyf Gildersleeve is a conservationist at heart. He wants to ensure that in the future his kids get to enjoy the bounty of the sea and the resources that we all get to enjoy today. He currently serves on the policy board for Marine Fish Conservation Network, based in Washington DC, along with a position on the Highly Migratory Species Subcommittee for the Pacific Fisheries Council.
In these roles, he has advocated for the renewal of the Magnuson-Stevens Act in Washington, DC, and written a number of essays on fisheries policy, linked below.
- Lame Duck Session in Congress (December 2018)
- Seafood Trade Wars (November 2018)
- Farm Bill Action Item (September 2018)
- The Time is Now to Protect Our Fisheries From Disastrous Legislation (August 2018)
- Fisheries Policy at Fisher Poets (March 2018)
- When Fishermen Go on Strike (February 2018)
- Crabby Politics Risk Coastal Fishing (December 2017)
- Celebrating Fisheries Policy — and Planning Ahead (April 2016)
Pictured at right: MSA 40th Anniversary (2016), the Oregon delegation, L-R: Bob Rees, Association of NW Steelheaders; Paul Engelmeyer, Audobon Society Portland; and Lyf Gildersleeve, president, Flying Fish Company.
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