Using innovative technology to improve fisheries management and facilitate market access for
small-scale fishers
California Groundfish Collective Case Study
Kate (Labrum) Kauer Matt Merrifield, Michael Bell, Mary Gleason, Steve Rienecke, and
fishermen in the California Groundfish Collective
The California Groundfish Collective
Fort Bragg GF Association
TNC
Central California Seafood Marketing
Association
Half Moon Bay GF Marketing
Association
Rockfish live on rocky habitat Trawling on rocky habitats is bad If you catch rockfish using trawl gear you’re impacting habitat Trawl-caught rockfish = Avoid
Chilipepper
rockfish Dover sole English Sole
Longspine thornyheads
Sablefish (blackcod) Petrale sole
Sanddabs Shortspine
thornyheads
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Local fishermen and California ports
Pacific Fisheries Management Council Farallon Geographics
Will McClintock NOAA NWFSC/FRAM Division
Sustainable Fisheries Group/UC Santa Barbara CA Department of Fish and Game
Environmental Defense Fund National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation and many others
Thank You
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