{"id":9868,"date":"2017-01-30T14:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T19:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/?p=9868"},"modified":"2017-02-16T17:36:32","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T22:36:32","slug":"goal-of-young-fishermens-development-program-recruit-more-young-fishermen-to-greying-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/goal-of-young-fishermens-development-program-recruit-more-young-fishermen-to-greying-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Goal of Young Fishermen\u2019s Development Program: Recruit more young fishermen to greying industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 As a group of small-boat commercial fishing organizations from around the country met and teleconferenced over the past two years, a recurring theme that emerged was the lack of resources available to the next generation of fishermen.<\/p>\n

Now, that group \u2013 the Fishing Communities Coalition (FCC) \u2013 is taking steps to make it easier for young people to enter commercial fishing as a livelihood.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot has changed in the fisheries in terms of gear and technologies, as well as limited access, quota-based management,\u201d said John Pappalardo, CEO of the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen\u2019s Alliance (CCCFA).<\/p>\n

\u201cIt takes a lot of savvy to run a fishing business,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we wanted to continue to have fishing communities, we needed to incentivize ways for new fishermen to come into the industry,\u201d said Ben Martens, executive director of the Maine Coast Fishermen\u2019s Association (MCFA).<\/p>\n

The Fishermen\u2019s Alliance (CCCFA) and MCFA banded together with the Alaska Longline Fishermen\u2019s Association, Alaska Marine Conservation Council, and the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders Alliance to form the Fishing Communities Coalition (FCC) in September 2014.<\/p>\n

At the time, the National Guidelines to the Magnuson Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act (MSA) were under revision.<\/p>\n

By joining forces, the FCC could amplify their voices to get national support for community-based, conservation-minded, small-boat commercial fishing…<\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 As a group of small-boat commercial fishing organizations from around the country met and teleconferenced over the past two years, a recurring theme that emerged was the lack of resources available to the next generation of fishermen. Now, that group \u2013 the Fishing Communities Coalition (FCC) \u2013 is taking steps to make … <\/p>\n

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