This will be a “book club”-style discussion group focused on the first three volumes of the Technology Pathways to a Low Carbon Fishing Fleet series. This is a required event for individuals participating in the Low Carbon Fleet Fellowship and the Steering Committee advising National Fisherman on a 20-article series on topics related to fishing vessel energy efficiency and next-gen power sources.

This will be a “book club”-style discussion group focused on the first three volumes of the Technology Pathways to a Low Carbon Fishing Fleet series. This is a required event for individuals participating in the Low Carbon Fleet Fellowship and the Steering Committee advising National Fisherman on a 20-article series on topics related to fishing vessel energy efficiency and next-gen power sources.

Members of the fishing industry, media, government, academic, nonprofit, and technology communities are invited to attend this webinar and ask questions about the “Transition to a Low Carbon Fishing Fleet” research and two opportunities for fishermen to turn this research into action in 2025.

Learn about Maine’s 2020 and 2024 climate action planning processes and examine fishermen’s formal and informal engagement in these efforts.

Learn how decarbonization pathway modeling can be a tool to center fisheries in Comprehensive Climate Action Plan processes.

States are developing climate action plans in 2024-2025 as part of the EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program. Learn how fishermen can center fishery friendly climate action in these critical climate action planning processes.

Hear from two commercial fishermen who are blazing a trail into high-impact climate science and negotiation spaces: Linda Behnken, who recently served a co-author of the Alaska Chapter of the National Climate Assessment, and Hannah Heimbuch, who recently attended the U.N. Conference of the Parties on climate change in Dubai.

Are fishermen and farmers in the same boat when it comes to climate change? Are there clear opportunities to support one another? We explore where these intersect.

Climate change affects people of every political stripe, but for too long, partisan politics have gotten in the way of solving the problem. We will be joined by Bob Inglis, a former Republican Congressman from South Carolina and the current executive director of republicEn.org, an organization that encourages, emboldens, and advocates for a free-enterprise solution to climate change. Inglis leads republicEn's growing grassroots community of #EcoRight conservatives, a balance to the Environmental Left, who believe in the power of free enterprise and innovation to solve climate change. This online discussion will be of interest to conservative-leaning fishermen AND to non-conservative fishermen who seek to understand the diverse values that motivate different parts of the political spectrum. 

This webinar will foster an inter-regional dialogue among fishermen in Alaska and the Lower-48 around climate change and climate solutions. We will learn how fishermen and their organizations are mobilizing around these urgent issues and discuss how we can best support each other across regions through complementary messaging frameworks and network building.

This "Solar 101" webinar is designed especially for members of the commercial fishing and seafood industry. Participants will receive tips and testimonials from fishermen who have already installed solar on their rooftops, and hear from representatives of Energy Sage, an organization that provides customized advice and an online marketplace for installation quotes.