Category Archives: Working Waterfronts

Legislation Would Safeguard and Strengthen America’s Working Waterfronts and Fishing Communities

Posted by Mar 13, 2025 Commercial Fishing, Featured, Recreational Fishing, Sustainable Seafood, Working Waterfronts Leave a Comment
Legislation Would Safeguard and Strengthen America’s Working Waterfronts and Fishing Communities

U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Rob Wittman (R-VA) have once again reintroduced the bipartisan Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act, H.R. 1808. “The Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act is welcomed legislation for restoring and maintaining waterfront infrastructure and ensuring ocean access for commercial businesses, recreation, tourism, and traditional uses,” said MFCN Executive Director Robert Vandermark. […]

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Kate Masury of Eating with the Ecosystem: Watch the Waterside Chat

Posted by Jan 16, 2025 Commercial Fishing, Featured, Sustainable Seafood, Waterside Chat, Working Waterfronts Leave a Comment
Kate Masury of Eating with the Ecosystem: Watch the Waterside Chat

Kate Masury, executive director of Eating with the Ecosystem, joined the Marine Fish Conservation Network for a Waterside Chat on October 16, 2024. Among many topics, Kate and host Tom Sadler discussed: Eating with the Ecosystem, the work they do, and how they are a nonprofit that started as a food gathering Their place-based approach […]

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Magnuson-Stevens in a Post-Chevron World

Posted by Aug 14, 2024 Commercial Fishing, Data, Featured, Herring, Magnuson-Stevens, Policy, Working Waterfronts Leave a Comment
Magnuson-Stevens in a Post-<Em>Chevron</Em> World

After June 28, 2024, when the United States Supreme Court handed down its decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (Loper Bright), some of the commentary in both the popular press and various legal publications made it sound as if the sky had fallen. One opinion article in the Tampa Bay Times went so far […]

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FISH Act Helps Ready the U.S. Seafood Industry for the Future

Posted by Jul 24, 2024 Climate Change, Commercial Fishing, Featured, Working Waterfronts Leave a Comment
FISH Act Helps Ready the U.S. Seafood Industry for the Future

Rep. Mary Peltola’s reputation as an advocate for fishing and Native Alaskan fishing communities was never more evident than with the introduction of her Fisheries Improvement and Seafood Health (FISH) Act in June 2024. At a time when more and more legislation is introduced to do nothing more than “send a message” about the sponsor’s […]

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From High Seas to Hill Pleas

Posted by Jan 9, 2024 Climate Change, Featured, Recreational Fishing, Salmon, Steelhead, Sustainable Seafood, Working Waterfronts Leave a Comment
From High Seas to Hill Pleas

I recently got back from Washington, DC. I’ve gone there on many occasions, lobbying for change such as the Salmon Solutions Planning Act, addressing the depletion of Snake River salmon and how to remedy it, shoring up the Endangered Species Act so we have a critical regulatory backstop to prevent the extinction of species such […]

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Reintroduced: The Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act

Posted by Dec 18, 2023 Commercial Fishing, Featured, Policy, Sustainable Seafood, Working Waterfronts Leave a Comment
Reintroduced: The Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act

U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Rob Wittman (R-Va.) have reintroduced the bipartisan Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act, H.R. 6641. The legislation establishes a Working Waterfront Grant Program to help preserve and expand access to coastal waters for water-dependent businesses, create a Working Waterfronts Preservation Loan Fund to make funds available through state governments for […]

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Working Waterfront Preservation Act Would Provide Needed Funding to Coastal Businesses

Posted by Nov 15, 2023 Commercial Fishing, Featured, Recreational Fishing, Sustainable Seafood, Working Waterfronts Leave a Comment
Working Waterfront Preservation Act Would Provide Needed Funding to Coastal Businesses

Earlier this month, U.S. Senator Susan Collins of Maine introduced S. 3180, the “Working Waterfront Preservation Act,” which would establish a grant program to help preserve waterfronts in coastal communities. Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island cosponsored the legislation, and it was referred to the Senate Energy and Public Works Committee. The Network’s support for […]

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The Changing Face of Sportfishing

Posted by Oct 31, 2023 Commercial Fishing, Featured, Recreational Fishing, Salmon, Steelhead, Sustainable Seafood, Working Waterfronts Leave a Comment
The Changing Face of Sportfishing

When I first started my guide business over 27 years ago, I knew switching professions from a field biologist that strived to conserve salmon, to becoming reliant on the health of a natural resource for consumptive use, was a risk. I was willing to accept that risk because, hey, I was skipping out of work […]

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