Who we are: PURPOSES
in response to current and future state and federal
legislation that affects fishing, fisheries,
and attendant coastal and
marine environments.
We will also expand our areas
of
interest to include a wide body of constituents’ needs, specifically:
all people who fish, all
public
or private agencies with an interest in fishing, all non-profit marine
protection
agencies, and any persons with an interest in fishing,
preservation of traditional fishing
culture, and coastal and marine
conservation.
economic value of fishing to
California Coastal Communities.
To preserve and enhance
that
value, the Alliance offers a broadly representative educational and
promotional voice
for waterfront communities to work constructively with
interested agencies, individuals,
and other marine protection organizations
in order to ascertain and guarantee that: (1) the
best and most current
oceanographic, socio-economic, and fisheries science is accurately
compiled;
(2) this science is readily available to the public for use in crafting and
promoting public policy; (3) the linkage between healthy sustainable
fisheries, marine
conservation, and coastal communities is firmly
established in the public mind.
Alliance of Communities for Sustainable Fisheries