From subsistence fishing in the rivers and coasts to offshore commercial fisheries that span entire ocean basins, people depend on the ocean and Great Lakes for sustenance and for culture. Access to healthy, sustainable seafood depends on water quality and also a family or individual’s income. This session will focus on the experiences of communities working on sustainable food systems and strategies that can be deployed to expand access to food security and address injustices in their waters.
Opening Remarks
- The Honorable Jared Huffman, U.S. House of Representatives, CA-02 and Chair, House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife
Moderator
- Ambrose Jearld, Jr., PhD, MS. BS., Former Director of Academic Programs, NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (ret.)
Speakers
- Mary Beth Jäger, Research Analyst, Native Nations Institute and Co-lead, Indigenous Foods Knowledges Network
- Pepper Roussel, Attorney, Ecoculinarean, Food Writer and Activist, Green Pepper Solutions
- Eugenio Piñeiro-Soler, JD, President, Commercial Fishermen Union, Rincón, Puerto Rico
- Julie Patton Lawson, Director, Washington DC Mayor’s Office of the Clean City