BOSTON FISHERIES FOUNDATION

THE BOSTON FISHERIES FOUNDATION IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION CREATED TO: (1) SUPPORT AND EXPAND SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES, WHICH IN TURN SUSTAIN THE NEW ENGLAND ECONOMY; (2) EDUCATE THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE ROLE PLAYED BY FISHERMAN IN PRESERVING OUR WILD OCEAN STOCKS THROUGH HARVESTING AND MANAGEMENT; (3) EDUCATE THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF SUSTAINABLY HARVESTED SEAFOOD AS HIGH-QUALITY NUTRITION WHOSE PRODUCTION PROTECTS THE ENVIRONMENT FROM DEFORESTATION, GLOBAL WARMING, AND OTHER NEGATIVE IMPACTS; (4) FACILITATE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF OUR HISTORY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF WILD HARVESTS TO THE PROUD TRADITIONS OF AN INDEPENDENT NEW ENGLAND; AND (5) DEVELOP A MARITIME FISHERIES MUSEUM TO HONOR OUR HERITAGE.