"eating is an agricultural act" --Wendell Berry, The Pleasures of Eating

How one Oregon town got its fish back

This article from Grist (see link below) is a good follow-up to our seafood consumption and fisheries decline discussion in class today. Port Orford, OR is located right on the Pacific Ocean, which would lead us to the faulty assumption that they have an endless supply of delicious, fresh fish. But, this place is ironically a food desert for fish because none of the fish caught in this area is retained in their community- it is processed, packaged, and sold elsewhere. The director of Port Orford Sustainable Seafood started a community-supported fishery program to combat this issue. The POSS now buys fish from a third of the fishing boats and then distributes it to customers within the region. I think that this is a very effective way in making the consumer more connected to the fish. Most fish we eat is from farms overseas while we export our domestically caught wild fish, breaking our connection and making us always wonder what kind of fish we are actually eating. The article also includes a interview with members of the POSS where they talk about how fishermen view climate change. There are a large number of fishermen who view climate change as an elaborate hoax, which is surprising because you would think that they would be the most concerned about it due to sea level rise, ocean acidification, etc. The interviewees then discuss some strategies that may change the fisher’s behavior to make fishing a more sustainable process.

http://grist.org/food/how-one-oregon-town-got-its-fish-back/

 

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