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\"\"<\/a>Earlier this year, I wrote about an event<\/a> held in my neighborhood by Eating with the Ecosystem<\/a>, a new initiative that aims to educate seafood lovers about the environmental and culinary benefits of a diverse palate that incorporates a wide range of sustainable seafood choices.\u00a0 After that dinner, I sat down with Sarah Schumann, the creator of Eating with the Ecosystem, to learn more about how her project emerged.<\/p>\n

Sarah\u2019s work is driven by a diverse and fascinating array of interests and experiences.\u00a0 Her love of commercial fishing was born more than a decade ago when she lived on the coast of Chile and got to know the small-scale coastal fisheries of that seafaring nation.\u00a0 Chile has enjoyed success<\/a> in implementing cooperative<\/a> and area-based allocation<\/a> systems, which today are serving as a model for work being done by EDF, Rare and the University of California at Santa Barbara through the Fish Forever<\/a> partnership.<\/p>\n

After returning to Rhode Island inspired by her Chilean experience, Sarah worked as a deckhand on lobster boats and then a fluke gillnet boat, before branching out on her own.\u00a0 Today, she is a working commercial fisherman, harvesting conch, oysters, razor clams and quahogs in Rhode Island\u2019s Narragansett Bay from a 12\u2019 skiff or even while paddling a canoe!<\/p>\n

As much as Sarah loves \u201cthe Ocean State,\u201d she confesses a need to escape the summertime madness of its coastal waters in the summertime.\u00a0 True to her love of commercial fishing, she spends her summers in Alaska, another global bright spot of successful fisheries management, to work in a salmon cannery and experience the unique culture and camaraderie of the Alaskan fishing industry.\u00a0 Sarah\u2019s time there has made her active in the ongoing effort to protect Alaska\u2019s marine ecosystems<\/a> from the proposed Pebble Mine project.<\/p>\n

Eating with the Ecosystem was born out of Sarah\u2019s experience selling her catch at local farmer\u2019s markets.\u00a0 She found that too many people looking for local foods were only familiar with the more high-profile local species, too many of which have suffered from overfishing.\u00a0 But people were not aware that there are many lesser known species whose populations are healthier, and she wanted to get that message out.<\/p>\n

During our conversation, Sarah asked if I\u2019d be interested in joining my friend Jeffrey Pierce as the guest speakers at an event she held earlier this month.\u00a0 Like Sarah, Jeff is a commercial fisherman who harvests sea-run herring, a.k.a. \u2018alewives\u2019, on a tributary of the Eastern River in Dresden Mills, Maine.\u00a0 Jeff is also the Executive Director and Founder of the Alewife Harvesters of Maine<\/a>, an industry organization whose Board of Directors I joined in 2010.\u00a0 Alewives are one of my favorite fishes, and one on which EDF has done a wide variety of work<\/a>.\u00a0 Sadly, in too many places, alewife populations are suffering, and the species was recently proposed for listing under the Endangered Species Act<\/a>.\u00a0 The petition was ultimately denied, but not without some very serious concerns being raised about the future of these vital links in the aquatic food web.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, Maine has enjoyed more success with alewife management than any other state, and many of its river fisheries have remained open while most others along the eastern seaboard have closed.\u00a0 Jeff brought some of his sustainably harvested alewives from Maine to Boston for the dinner, which was held at the renowned Lumiere<\/a> restaurant.\u00a0 Lumiere is owned by Chef Michael Leviton<\/a>, head of the Chef\u2019s Collaborative<\/a>.\u00a0 Michael is a kindred spirit of Sarah\u2019s in his commitment to inspiring diners to sample more of the sea\u2019s bounty, thereby spreading harvest pressure more evenly and reducing impacts on overfished species.\u00a0 In addition to the Eating with the Ecosystem event, Michael has hosted a \u2018trash fish\u2019 dinner<\/a> at his Area Four<\/a> restaurant in Cambridge to convey a similar message.<\/p>\n

Michael began our dinner with Jeffrey\u2019s alewives, fired crispy and accompanied by a pickled ramp remoulade.\u00a0 That was followed by a chilled monkfish liver torchon and then white hake accompanied by roasted root vegetable, spiced yogurt and harissa vinaigrette.\u00a0 The meal delectable, to say the least, and I, for one, can\u2019t wait until the next Eating with the Ecosystem event to sample more creations using New England\u2019s abundant seafood.\u00a0 With people like Sarah, Jeffrey and Michael hard at work, I\u2019m confident New England\u2019s fishing future will continue to provide such fresh, healthy and tasty offerings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier this year, I wrote about an event held in my neighborhood by Eating with the Ecosystem, a new initiative that aims to educate seafood lovers about the environmental and culinary benefits of a diverse palate that incorporates a wide range of sustainable seafood choices. After that dinner, I sat down with Sarah Schumann, the creator of Eating with the Ecosystem, to learn more about how her project emerged.<\/p>\n

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