It was this thought that led me and CUNY's John Waldman to organize an event that's coming up in Manhattan on November 18th from 6:00-9:00 PM at the Seaport Museum New York, 12 Fulton Street (2/3 subway to Fulton Street) called "Can New York City Seafood Be Local Again?" It will, I hope, be a hopeful event.
Mark Kurlansky (The Big Oyster) and Dennis Suszkowski of the Hudson River Foundation will be talking about oyster restoration in New York Harbor. Bruce Franklin (The Most Important Fish in the Sea) and Steve Gephard of Connecticut's DEP will discuss rebuilding local herring and the overfishing of that most important forage fish, menhaden.
Finally Carl Safina (Song for the Blue Ocean, Eye of the Albatross), local shad fisherman and former Clearwater chairman John Mylod, and Sea2Table's Sean Dimin will discuss larger finfish, the losses New York has suffered and the ways we can rebuild small scale artisan fishing fleets that function in conjunction with sustainable fishing practices. Blue Moon Fish will be providing some excellent local smoked bluefish.
Tickets are $10 for Seaport Museum New York members and $15 for non-members. For more information: email reservations@seany.org or call 212-748-8786.
beat me to it, i was JUST about to post about this! Thanks!
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