September 7, 2017 — In the Gulf of Mexico, hurricane after hurricane and disaster after disaster, Gulf fishermen and their families are often the hardest hit and most forgotten when it comes to piecing their lives back together. Hurricane Harvey is no different. While the world awes at photos of a flooded downtown Houston, the media has failed to cover the grounded or sunk fishing boats, destroyed docks or flooded processing and ice houses.
“Our fishing community is suffering,” said Jim Gossen, president of the Gulf Seafood Foundation. “Livelihoods have been demolished from Corpus Christi, TX to Grand Isle, LA a lot of our brethren are going to need a lot of help to get back on their feet, much less back in business. That is why the board of directors of the Gulf Seafood Foundation has committed all funds raised for the rest of this year by the non-profit to be donated toward helping the Gulf Coastal fishing communities.”
The Gulf Seafood Foundation was formed to support and promote the high standards for the Gulf’s vast commercial and recreational fisheries industry, but its rooted in helping Gulf fishing communities during times of disasters.
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