{"id":6675,"date":"2016-10-20T14:26:03","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T18:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/?p=6675"},"modified":"2016-10-20T14:26:03","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T18:26:03","slug":"west-coast-fisherman-brad-pettinger-honored-at-white-house-as-champion-of-change-for-sustainable-seafood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2016\/10\/20\/west-coast-fisherman-brad-pettinger-honored-at-white-house-as-champion-of-change-for-sustainable-seafood\/","title":{"rendered":"West Coast Fisherman Brad Pettinger Honored at White House as \u2018Champion of Change for Sustainable Seafood\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"brad-pettinger\"On October 7, in a first-of-its-kind event honoring Champions of Change for Sustainable Seafood<\/a>, our friend Brad Pettinger was honored for helping to turn around a fishery that was declared a federal disaster in 2000. Brad serves as director of the Oregon Trawl Commission and was a driving force behind the Marine Stewardship Council\u2019s (MSC) landmark 2014 certification of the West Coast groundfish trawl fishery<\/a> as well managed and sustainable.<\/p>\n

Brad\u2019s recognition as a Champion of Change is an acknowledgement of the tough times that he and many other West Coast fishermen endured as their fishery failed and they struggled to bring it back. Brad often recalls when it hit rock bottom, and his wife suggested one day that maybe it was time to sell their boat. \u201cHoney, I said to her, there\u2019s nobody to sell the boat to!\u201d remembers Brad. \u201cYou see, nobody wanted to buy the boats, because they couldn\u2019t see a future for the fishery. It was a rough, rough time for everyone involved.\u201d<\/p>\n

From that point forward Brad put his shoulder to the wheel, attending every meeting of the Pacific Fishery Management Council for years, helping to hammer out the framework for a catch share fishery management program. That program \u2013 which launched in January of 2011 \u2013 allocated specific annual quota amounts to trawl fisherman based on their catch history, eliminated the \u201crace for fish\u201d culture of the groundfish fleet, dramatically reduced bycatch, and ushered in a new era of accountability and cooperation among fishermen and regulators.<\/p>\n

Although the historic nature of MSC\u2019s June 2014 announcement<\/a> may be lost on people who aren\u2019t fish wonks, its opening lines bear repeating:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most diverse, complex fishery ever to enter assessment against the MSC standard anywhere in the world today was awarded MSC certification as a sustainable and well-managed fishery, following an independent, scientific assessment and significant stakeholder involvement.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

That certification \u2013 and the dramatic turnaround of the fishery over the past 15 years \u2013 owes much to the leadership of Brad Pettinger. While there is more work to be done in ensuring these sustainability gains translate to stable and profitable markets for West Coast fishermen, the Champions of Change event was a great reminder of how far the fishery has come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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