NEW POLITICS OF FISH EPISODE: DRIFTNET MODERNIZATION LAW WITH THERESA LABRIOLA

On the first episode of The Politics of Fish podcast in 2023, host Mike Leonard discusses California’s drift gillnet fishery and the recently passed Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act with Theresa Labriola, Pacific Fisheries Program Director at Wild Oceans. Labriola provides context on the fishery’s history and the advocacy efforts that led to the passage of the new law and the phase out of destructive gear.

The podcast episode can be found here, and for more ways to get involved in sportfishing policy visit https://asafishing.org/.