San Diego Fishermen's Working Group
The San Diego Fishermen's Working Group (SDFWG) is a nonprofit organization comprised of fishermen from the ports of San Diego representing five major fishing gear types – including trap, dive, net, experimental, and hook & line – that harvest approximately 28 different species of fish. SDFWG continues the rich tradition of Chinese, Japanese, Italian and Portuguese fishermen who have been an integral part of San Diego history The goal of the SDFWG is to protect the commercial fishing interests and opportunities in San Diego by "providing seafood choices that affirm regional cultural traditions, support local communities, and contribute to the health and productivity of natural marine resources.
In order to meet these goals, SDFWG proposes to develop regional harvest planning programs for the community's portfolio of fisheries based on good data. Although we are a relatively small fishing community we are in an urban area with over 3 million people within 75 miles. We are exploring direct marketing strategies to supply the community with locally landed seafood thereby lowering the carbon footprint. However, maintaining and improving shoreside facilities as a working fishing harbor in the face of port gentrification continues to be a challenge.
www.facebook.com/pages/San-Diego-Fishermens-Working-Group/100773763351039
8021 Lemon Ave., La Mesa, CA 91941
(619)957-7121
Contact: Peter Halmay
News
- August 29, 2013
- Call for Proposals to present at Seafood Expo North America 2014 >>
- August 9, 2013
- Call for Proposals to present at Seafood Expo North America 2014 >>
- July 28, 2013
- U.S., groups working to open more public access to Chesapeake >>
- July 11, 2013
- New fishery could boost food security >>
- Spoils of the Sea Elude Many in an Alaska Antipoverty Plan >>
- June 18, 2013
- Holy Mackerel! Fish could come back to Fisherman's Wharf >>
- June 14, 2013
- Fair Fish: San Francisco Fishermen Shake Up the Docks With Community Model >>
- June 12, 2013
- Port Orford Sustainable Seafood supplies seafood for the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation's award Banquet >>
- May 30, 2013
- First sperm whale tagged >>
- May 26, 2013
- And then there's the real Fisherman's Wharf >>
- May 10, 2013
- MCFA Video >>
- May 9, 2013
- Fishermen Develop New Business Models to Save Their Communities >>
- Sign-up by May 27!
- Bristol Bay Salmon Dinners >>
- May 5, 2013
- Annual SBN Sustainability Leadership Summit 2013 >>
- April 23, 2013
- Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association Spring 2013 Newsletter >>
- April 19, 2013
- Compass: Support for Alaska fishermen does good from boat to table >>
- April 19, 2013
- Alaska Marine Conservation Council Newsletter >>
- April 17, 2013
- Expanding program brings Southeast catch direct to Anchorage homes >>
- April 16, 2013
- Obama Administration Releases Plan to Promote Ocean Economy and Resilience >>
- April 15, 2013
- Plan to open no-fishing zones faces opposition >>
- April 10, 2013
- Managing Our Nations Fisheries 3 Conference in Washington DC >>
- April 1, 2013
- Network members on panel at National Working Waterfronts Symposium in Tacoma, WA >>
- March 12, 2013
- Community Fisheries Network holds annual meeting in Portland, Maine >>
- March 28, 2013
- Community Fisheries Network raising the bar on accountability >>
- March 18, 2013
- Maine working waterfront experts speak at national symposium, Washington state >>
- March 17, 2013
- System turns US fishing rights into commodity, squeezes small fishermen >>
- March 12, 2013
- Pacific Fishery Management Council Meeting Notice >>
- March 12, 2013
- System turns US fishing rights into commodity, squeezes small fishermenn >>
- January 9, 2013
- Sharecroppers of the Sea >>
- December 28, 2012
- Knowing Your Farmer – And Your Fisherman >>
- Ecotrust: Conservation Through Community Economic Development >>
- December 3, 2012
- Maine shrimp fishermen's catch limits cut 74 percent >>
- Whatcha Gonna Do When the Fish Cops Come for You? >>
- November 5, 2012
- Community Supported Fisheries Can Jump-start Coastal Economy After Hurricane Sandy >>
- October 29, 2012
- Mapping Project Designed to Give Valuable Information to Fishing Industry >>
- October 22, 2012
- Community Supported Fisheries: The Future of Family Fishing? >>
- October 10, 2012
- Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association Hosts Annual Seafood Raffle >>
- October 5, 2012
- Could CSFs solve the UK's inshore problem? >>
- October 1, 2012
- For Local Fisheries, a Line of Hope >>
- October 1, 2012
- Cannery Launches A CSA For Seafood in Astoria >>
- September 21, 2012
- Fish on Fridays: Innovations to Increase and Stabilize Fishing Profits >>
- July 10, 2012
- The Ins and Outs of Community Supported Fisheries >>
- July 9, 2012
- Beyond red lists: The power of community-supported fisheries >>
- July 6, 2012
- San Francisco Bay-area fishermen see best salmon fishing in a decade >>
- June 27, 2012
- Community Fisheries Network member, Port Orford Ocean Resource Team (POORT), selected as 2012 Governors' Gold Award >>
- June 19, 2012
- Morro Bay honored for working to preserve fishing industry >>
- June 10, 2012
- National Ocean Policy vital to Oregon's coastal communities >>
- June 4, 2012
- Community Fisheries Network members attend first national CSF summit >>
- June 4, 2012
- Laying a Solid Foundation for Community Supported Fisheries >>
- May 21, 2012
- Congress, Catch Shares, and the Councils >>
- May 11, 2012
- Grant will help jig fishermen improve fish sale prices >>
- May 8, 2012
- Alaska Marine Conservation Council issues new report on ocean acidification >>
- May 7, 2012
- Know your food, know your fisherman by Chellie Pingree >>
- May 4, 2012
- Six Community Fisheries Network Organizations Win Grant Awards from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation >>
- May 3, 2012
- An Alaska fishing community takes care of its own >>
- April 25, 2012
- Future We Want: Community-driven fisheries >>
- April 19, 2012
- CFN welcomes Community Development Partnership as a new supporting member >>
- April 17, 2012
- Ecotrust's Stephanie Webb to present at upcoming Coastal Pelagic Species Catch Share workshop >>
- April 13, 2012
- SDFWG's Peter Halmay to speak about San Diego's old and new fishing industry >>
- April 11, 2012
- A new era in community-based fishing in America begins >>
- March 22, 2012
- New NOAA-supported West Coast studies to look at models for sustaining America's fishing industry >>
- March 03, 2012
- Social sciences initiative to study seafood marketing >>
- November 9-11, 2011
- Second Annual CFN Meeting Held >>