Future of Fish

This week we will see some fantastic fish from our various fisheries. Coho Salmon have now started along with Sockeye from Alaska’s Cook Inlet. Vermillion Snapper and Gag Grouper are being sustainably harvested in the Carolinas. Abundant line caught Striped Bass and Yellowfin Tuna are being landed off Montauk, NY. These are just some of the highlights of this wonderful season.

Michael and Sean joined 20 others sustainable seafood advocates in San Francisco last week for a meeting about the Future of Fish . Some very high powered brain-storming from these folks will likely result in real changes in the way fish get to market. Expect some significant news.

On July 19, 2010 President Obama signed an Executive Order establishing a comprehensive National Policy for the Stewardship of the Ocean, Coasts, and Great Lakes. That Executive Order adopts the Final Recommendations of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force and directs Federal agencies to take the appropriate steps to implement them. Prior to this new National Ocean Policy, the United States had a regulatory jumble of more than 140 different and often conflicting laws pertaining to ocean management, all of which were overseen by more than 20 separate agencies. What this new policy enables is a first holistic vision for the health of our ocean planet.

Please join me in celebrating this really good news for the ocean.