Salmon, Subsistence, Pebble Mine & More: Watch the Waterside Chat with SalmonState’s Melanie Brown

Salmon, Subsistence, Pebble Mine & More: Watch the Waterside Chat with SalmonState’s Melanie Brown

SalmonState’s Melanie Brown joined the Marine Fish Conservation Network for an online Waterside Chat on January 23rd, 2024. Melanie fishes commercially in Bristol Bay in Alaska, the fourth generation of her family to make a living on the water. In her role as outreach director at SalmonState, Melanie builds spheres of influence to address marine […]

Join Our January Waterside Chat with Melanie Brown; Watch our December Chat with Kevin Scribner

Join Our January Waterside Chat with Melanie Brown; Watch our December Chat with Kevin Scribner

Join us on January 23rd for the Marine Fish Conservation Network’s next online Waterside Chat, featuring Alaska’s Melanie Brown, outreach director at SalmonState. Besides her work with Salmon State, Melanie also fishes commercially in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Her children are now following in her footsteps as fifth-generation fishermen. Melanie and host Tom Sadler will talk […]

Watch: Waterside Chat with Joel Johnson of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation

Watch: Waterside Chat with Joel Johnson of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation

Joel Johnson, the President and CEO of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, joined the Marine Fish Conservation Network and host Tom Sadler for an online Waterside Chat on September 22, 2023. The foundation is a leading voice for U.S. protected waters, working with communities to conserve and expand those special places for a healthy ocean, […]

Waterside Chat: Joel Johnson of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation

Waterside Chat: Joel Johnson of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation

Joel Johnson, the President and CEO of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, will join the Marine Fish Conservation Network and host Tom Sadler for an online Waterside Chat on Friday, September 22nd. The foundation is a leading voice for U.S. protected waters, working with communities to conserve and expand those special places for a healthy […]

Watch: Jean Flemma Talks about Climate Change and Our Oceans

Watch: Jean Flemma Talks about Climate Change and Our Oceans

Jean Flemma, co-founder of the Urban Ocean Lab and director of the Ocean Defense Initiative, joined the Network for an online Waterside Chat on July 19, 2023. Jean is a long-time policy hand and, as host Tom Sadler described her, “important and very wise counsel on ocean policy”. Their conversation covered a range of issues […]

Watch: Waterside Chat with Brad Warren of Global Ocean Health

Watch: Waterside Chat with Brad Warren of Global Ocean Health

Brad Warren, president of Global Ocean Health, joined host Tom Sadler of the Marine Fish Conservation Network on May 31, 2023 for an online Waterside Chat. Global Ocean Health is based around the idea that when the “health of the ocean itself is threatened, the strongest champions are people who depend on it for a […]

Watch the Waterside Chat with Eric Brazer

Watch the Waterside Chat with Eric Brazer

Eric Brazer joined host Tom Sadler for a Waterside Chat on April 26th, 2023. Eric is the deputy director of the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders’ Alliance, a member of the Network’s Policy Council, and a voice on behalf of science-based management of Gulf Red Snapper and other species. Among many other things, Eric […]

Watch the Waterside Chat with Bob Rees

Watch the Waterside Chat with Bob Rees

Bob Rees of the Northwest Guides and Anglers Association joined Waterside Chat host Tom Sadler on April 19, 2023 to talk about salmon, steelhead and conservation in the Pacific Northwest. Among many topics, they discussed: How climate change and forest-clearing have raised water temperatures in many streams to the point that juvenile salmonids cannot thrive […]