EDF Vice President Dave Festa writes "All the guff fishermen take is as big a pile of crap as the notion that I am interested in some kind of sell-off of New England fisheries."
Mr. Festa says "Fishermen get a rough deal from nearly every quarter", and asserts press accounts have not accurately captured EDF’s position. "EDF is working with fishermen to help them establish their own funds to purchase quota", he writes, and "I’m out there telling the wider financial community is that fishermen are good business partners." He also invites feedback from the fishing community. " If you hear something that strikes you as wrong here, let me know. EDF wants to get it right when it comes to helping fishermen and the industry. I want to get it right. … There is room for improvement everywhere – including ideas EDF puts forward."
Feedback may be sent to EDF’s New England Regional Director Julie Wormser at jwormser@edf.org