Pacific Marine Expo Focuses on Sustainability for the Future

Posted by Network Voices of the West Coast Dec 11, 2018 Featured, Stories Leave a Comment

Photo: The Network’s booth at the Seattle Expo “Fishing Gear Here Now”—could have been the tagline for the recent annual Pacific Marine Expo in Seattle, WA, with diesel engines as one of the many shining stars of the show. But what’s an engine without a boat? A boat without a fisherman? And fishermen there were, […]

A Snapper in Salmon’s Clothing: Why H.R. 2023 is Bad for West Coast Fisheries

Posted by Network Voices of the West Coast Jun 2, 2017 Featured, Policy Leave a Comment

By Noah Oppenheim, Bob Rees & Kevin Scribner On April 6th Congressman Garret Graves of Louisiana and three of his Congressional colleagues introduced H.R. 2023, the “Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2017.” To many of us on the West Coast, this bill clearly represents an end run around the federal fishery management processes. The […]