Sustainable Fisheries
Examples of this pattern in action:
Clayoquot Sound Regional Aquatic Management Society
RAMS manages a number of stewardship /conservation initiatives designed to build community capacity and to enhance local understanding and awareness of stewardship issues.
Hawkshaw selective fishery
The Hawkshaws have pioneered a selective gillnet fishery on Skeena River sockeye, catching fish by the jawbone, not the gills, and landing them live. The fish are bled and dressed live, making them the highest quality sockeye available anywhere. The Hawkshaw's method allows them to catch fewer fish, release any by-catch like coho and steelhead without injury, and earn three times the going rate for the fish they land because they concentrate on quality, not volume. Ecotrust Canada is working alongside the Hawkshaws to create policy and market openings for their selectively caught, highest quality wild fish.
Seafood Watch
Site maintained by the Monterey Bay Aquarium that provides guidelines on which fish and shellfish are produced sustainably.
The Lummi Indian Tribe and Life with the Salmon
"Fish is culture, and culture, fish."
The Lummi Tribe of Native Americans has resided in northwest Washington State at the northern end of Puget Sound for 12,000 years. Throughout their existence, the Lummi people have relied on fishing as the mainstay of their culture and their survival. They designed the commonly used fishing methods of the reef net, the weir, and the purse seine, and lived in villages along the mainland and throughout the San Juan islands. Ceremonies and legends related to salmon and salmon fishing, with names such as The First Salmon Ceremony and The Tale of the Salmon Woman have been passed down through generations and provide evidence of the sacred relationship between the Lummi history and culture and the salmon…
Salmon Safe
A program sponsored by the Pacific Rivers Council to label foods harvested in a way which maintains salmon habitat. This program certifies beef, wine, and other agricultural products meeting certain standards.
Organizations whose work incorporate this pattern:
Institute for Fisheries Resources
Oregon Trout
For the Sake of the Salmon
Save Our Wild Salmon
David Suzuki Foundation
Marine Stewardship Council
References:
Fobes, Natalie, Tom Jay and Brad Matsen. Reaching Home: Pacific Salmon, Pacific People. Alaska Northwest Books. Anchorage, AK. 1995.
Glavin, Terry. Dead Reckoning: Confronting the Crisis in Pacific Fisheries. Douglas & McIntyre. Vancouver, BC. 1996.
House, Freeman. Totem Salmon: Life Lessons from Another Species. Beacon Press. Boston, MA. 1999.
Lichatowich, Jim. Salmon Without Rivers: A History of the Pacific Salmon Crisis. Island Press. Washington, DC. 1999.
Roche, Judith. First Fish, First People: Salmon Tales of the North Pacific Rim. One Reel and the University of Washington Press. Seattle, WA. 1999.
Wolf, Edward C., eds and Seth Zuckerman. Salmon Nation: People and Fish at the Edge. Ecotrust. Portland, OR. 1999.
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