The Conch Podcast features interviews
with the most inspiring people in the world of seafood.
Join Julie Kuchepatov,
founder of Seafood and Gender Equality (SAGE),
as she interviews people striving
to succeed in the sector, as well as those already making an impact,
and the challenges they face -
all while working to improve
the environmental and social responsibility
of the planet’s most incredible food source - seafood!
Imagine a thriving, climate-resilient fishing industry that’s fueled by renewable energy and led by people in boots—not suits.
That’s the vision and reality that Sarah Schumann, Campaign Director of the Fishery Friendly Climate Action Campaign, is working so hard to create.
As a fisher and climate activist, Sarah knows firsthand how climate change affects fisheries and the livelihoods of the people behind them, along with the feasible, scalable solutions needed.
On Season 5, Episode 4 of The Conch podcast, we chat with her about everything from the multifaceted challenges of offshore wind development to solarizing the seafood industry.
Audio Production and Sound Design by Crystal Sanders-Alvarado for Seaworthy Experiences.
Episode Guide
:00 Intro
01:36 Sarah Schumann, Campaign Director of the Fishery Friendly Climate Action Campaign shares insights into the climate effects currently faced by fishermen across the U.S.
05:47 The Fishery Friendly Climate Action Campaign has four workstreams:
Fishery Friendly Climate Action Planning
Accelerating a Transition to a Low Carbon Fishing Fleet
Solarizing the Seafood Industry
Fishery-sensitive Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal
12:16 What is needed to put the fishing industry in the driver's seat of its own energy transition
17:26 Conversations are key to understanding the gaps in education surrounding decarbonizing fishing fleets
19:13 Supporting climate action led by people in boots, not people in suits (you can get this slogan on a t-shirt to support the campaign!)
22:45 The multifaceted challenges to offshore wind development and the need to co-optimize multiple federal 30X30 goals that are seemingly contradictory
27:41 How to join the Fishery Friendly Climate Action Campaign
29:11 Sarah’s journey from environmentalist to fisher to climate activist
36:58 Maintaining hope in the face of the climate crisis
37:47 Sarah shouts out a Texan HERO and An Unreasonable Woman: A True Story of Shrimpers, Politicos, Polluters, and the Fight for Seadrift, Texas
Resources:
Check out FisheryFriendlyClimateAction.org for more on the campaign that provides members of the U.S. commercial fishing community with tools, networking, knowledge, and opportunities to advance robust climate solutions that work for U.S. fisheries and not at their expense.
Grab some swag to support this effort!
Recommend this episode to one person who is curious about how fishers are leading the way towards a climate resilient future.
The Conch podcast is a program of Seafood and Gender Equality (SAGE).
Audio production, engineering, editing, mixing, and sound design by Crystal Sanders-Alvarado for Seaworthy.
Theme music: “Dilation” by Satan's Pilgrims
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