Author Archives: Rob Vandermark

Supporting Fisheries and Working Waterfronts with Infrastructure Improvements

Posted by Jun 3, 2021 Featured, Policy, Sustainable Seafood, Working Waterfronts Leave a Comment
Supporting Fisheries and Working Waterfronts with Infrastructure Improvements

As our country slowly recovers from the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent economic shutdown, the Biden administration has chosen to focus its attention on our nation’s infrastructure, with good reason. Historically, large-scale infrastructure projects with their influx of manufacturing and construction jobs have successfully helped the U.S. rebound after economic recessions. Although the word “infrastructure” […]

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Get Informed about Seaspiracy

Posted by May 12, 2021 Commercial Fishing, Featured, Sustainable Seafood, Working Waterfronts Leave a Comment
Get Informed about Seaspiracy

For better or worse, the Netflix documentary Seaspiracy has introduced a wider audience to many of the challenges facing our global oceans. While the film presents a broad overview of the threats, it paints many of these issues with too broad of a brushstroke to effectively convey the complexity of what’s happening in our oceans. […]

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Network Responds to Climate Change Executive Order

Posted by Apr 29, 2021 Climate Change, Featured, Sustainable Seafood, Working Waterfronts Leave a Comment
Network Responds to Climate Change Executive Order

During the first weeks of the new administration, President Biden issued Executive Order 14008 on tackling the climate crisis at home and abroad. This order initiated efforts within 60 days to collect input from fishermen, regional ocean councils, fishery management councils, scientists, and other stakeholders on how to make fisheries and protected resources more resilient […]

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Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization: Where We Stand in the 117th Congress

Posted by Apr 9, 2021 Commercial Fishing, Featured, Magnuson-Stevens, Recreational Fishing, Sustainable Seafood, View From The Hill 1 Comment
Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization: Where We Stand in the 117th Congress

Every ten years, as the story goes, Congress has worked together in a bipartisan fashion to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA). And each time Congress has risen to the occasion to address the new challenges our oceans and fisheries face by amending and strengthening the MSA to conserve and sustain U.S. […]

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A View from the Hill: October 2020

Posted by Oct 16, 2020 Commercial Fishing, Featured, Policy, Recreational Fishing, Sustainable Seafood, View From The Hill Leave a Comment
A View from the Hill: October 2020

It has been quite some time since our last View from the Hill edition, and there is plenty to report from 2020, but we’ll keep focused on activity that has taken place since the summer in order to keep this edition as succinct as possible. Not long after returning from their August break, Senate Majority […]

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Recommendations for the Economic Recovery of Working Waterfronts, Coastal Communities, and the Seafood Supply Chain: Part Two

Posted by Jul 16, 2020 Commercial Fishing, COVID-19, Featured, Policy, Recreational Fishing, Sustainable Seafood Leave a Comment
Recommendations for the Economic Recovery of Working Waterfronts, Coastal Communities, and the Seafood Supply Chain: Part Two

Top photo: Kodiak Harbor Waterfront, Alaska. Read Part One of this series. As we mentioned in our first post in this series, many of the small fishing- and seafood-related businesses around the country have suffered catastrophic consequences from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Many small business owners, however, have turned this economic downturn into […]

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Recommendations for the Economic Recovery of Working Waterfronts, Coastal Communities, and the Seafood Supply Chain: Part One

Posted by Jul 15, 2020 Commercial Fishing, COVID-19, Featured, Policy, Recreational Fishing, Sustainable Seafood Leave a Comment
Recommendations for the Economic Recovery of Working Waterfronts, Coastal Communities, and the Seafood Supply Chain: Part One

Top photo: Newport, Oregon harbor. Read Part Two of this series. When it comes to supporting the fishing and seafood industries during the coronavirus pandemic and the economic slowdown in America, Congress cannot use the same broad brush stroke it uses to paint other small businesses. Past efforts aimed at supporting small business payrolls in […]

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