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Fair fish: San Francisco fishermen shake up the docks, put community model to work

A small group of fishermen have joined together to make local, fair-trade fish an option in the San Francisco area.

Edward Backus
June 14, 2013 01 October 2014

National ocean plan finalized — now time to act

Yesterday, the Obama Administration released the final ocean action plan to help coordinate the federal government’s efforts to tackle some of the biggest threats facing oceans, coasts and Great Lakes. This advances the National Ocean Policy’s goal of creating healthier …

Megan Mackey
April 17, 2013 19 September 2015

Community Fisheries Network raising the bar on accountability

At a recent annual meeting in Portland, Maine, a new work group set to drafting metrics to more clearly measure member performance in meeting the network’s detailed sustainability standards. The standards support three broad goals: improving or sustaining ecosystem and …

Oakley Brooks
March 28, 2013 08 September 2015

National Working Waterfronts gathering: seeking innovation in coastal communities

Across the United States, shorelines are getting squeezed. Expanding populations, industries, and potential uses for coastal areas add up to increasing conflicts over access to waterfronts. Communities both large and small are seeking creative solutions to address evolving waterfront challenges. …

Emma Deans
February 21, 2013 01 October 2014

Past Indigenous Leadership Awards honorees

A rich sense of honor: Learning from tribal leaders

In this world of broken economies, broken climates, and broken institutions, it’s an opportune time to ask: what if native people were in charge? On Haida Gwaii (the Islands of the People) off northern British Columbia, an area one-third the …

Spencer B. Beebe
December 6, 2012 21 January 2016

Billy Frank, Jr. hauling salmon into a crate from a river boat

Billy Frank, Jr.:
River revolutionary

Ecotrust mourns the loss of Billy Frank, Jr., who passed away this morning. He has been our founding inspiration, and we honor his legacy and commitment to his homeland and people. —Editor, May 5, 2014 In Indian Country, Billy Frank, …

Oakley Brooks
August 30, 2012 01 October 2014

Spencer Beebe stands next to Ezcurra outside on Ecotrust's terrace

A sense of place in Sonora

Spencer B. Beebe
July 19, 2012 29 July 2016

A close-up of a salmon

Tribal fishermen go high tech — at Intel lunch

On June 21, Intel employees at the company’s Ronler Acres campus dined on Indian-caught Columbia River salmon. In traveling from Indian nets to Intel plates, the salmon helped build new connections across the region. Matt Harris, manager of the on-campus …

Rick George
June 25, 2012 01 October 2014

Tsunami debris reveals one ocean, indivisible

Last Friday was Oceans Day around the world and events both personal and global reminded me that an ocean like the Pacific creates a continuously evolving connectivity among human communities around its edges. I live on the Oregon coast in …

Edward Backus
June 11, 2012 01 October 2014

Ilwaco Fishing Community

How Washington can support fishing communities

Lately, national fisheries policy makers have left local fishing communities hanging. At issue is how to ensure responsible community-based fishermen — without huge financial backing — remain fishing, as the nation downsizes the number of boats on the water to …

Megan Mackey
May 11, 2012 01 October 2014