Though an old problem, the highly regulated fisheries of New England present deep misconceptions and much ire among many interest groups.

The few fisheries that remain work closely with environmentalists, economists, food distributors, port cities, coastal planners, non-profits, churches, restaurants, family support groups, higher education institutes, advocacy groups, unions, scientists, state and federal regulators, and even international regulatory bodies. Each of these groups have varying degrees of interests. And no voice is more important than the next.

Working together to provide solutions is much tougher than eschewing one or more parties for ideological reasons.

The above PBS piece shows how a handful of groups worked together to create a new business model for fisheries. There are no universal solutions. But, this model has been adopted in communities up and down the east coast (I’m embarrassed to say that I’m not sure if this model has spread to the west coast or even Asian fisheries. The EU, though, is an entirely different story…).

The piece is 4:00 minutes, and well worth checking out.

See my other posts on fisheries.