Remembering the Codfather

Tom Osmers was a fisherman and a passionate advocate for small-scale fishing. He urged the adoption of “intentional inefficiencies” in fishing technology, recognizing that truly sustainable fishing requires us to look at not only how many fish are caught, but also how and where they are caught. He railed against the injustice of rewarding fishermen with allocation based on fish caught while their fishing gear remained at sea even after the fishermen returned to port.