Members from Food and Water Watch came together on tuesday to urge Senator Barbara Boxer to support small-scale fishermen and sustainable fishing over the privatization of our nation’s fisheries. This event was coordinated with communities from across the U.S. as part of a National Day of Action. In Santa Monica, local fishermen, environmental leaders, and community members gathered to oppose the implementation of catch share programs that could devastate our local fishing communities and threaten our ocean ecosystems through privatization.  Citizens will be helping to raise public awareness about this issue and calling Senator Boxer to urge her to support healthy oceans, long term well-being of coastal fishing communities, and consumer access to sustainable seafood by requesting congressional oversight hearings on using catch shares as a way to manage U.S. fisheries.

 

Food & Water Watch is a nonprofit consumer action organization that works to ensure safe, wholesome food produced in a humane and sustainable manner, and public rather than private control of water resources, including oceans, rivers and groundwater. The Food & Water Watch Fish Program works to promote clean, green, safe seafood for consumers, while helping to protect the environment and support coastal communities.

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