Pacific Coast Fisheries Resilience Act
Save fishing families. Stabilize crab fleets. Grow kelp and oysters. Honor Tribal rights. Build a future where Pacific fisheries thrive again.
🐟 What Does This Bill Do?
Pacific salmon fisheries have COLLAPSED. Crab seasons keep getting delayed. Fishing families are losing everything! This bill helps salmon fishers survive with income support, stabilizes crab fleets with delay payments and whale-safe gear, opens new paths through shellfish and kelp farming, modernizes processing plants so fish aren't shipped overseas, honors Tribal fishing rights with real co-management, and makes California's North Coast the national model. Fishing communities get help NOW while building for the future.
🚨 The Pacific Fisheries Crisis
🏛️ Six Big Solutions
Salmon Relief
$130M/yr for income support, permits, buyback
Crab Fleet
$55M/yr for delays, whale-safe gear, modernization
Aquaculture
$60M/yr for shellfish, kelp, seaweed farming
Processing
$90M/yr for facilities and waterfronts
Tribal Rights
$40M/yr and 20% minimum for Tribes
Workforce
$40M/yr for training and next-gen fishers
🐟 Salmon Fisher Support: $130 Million/Year
Fishing families need help NOW. This provides income while they work on restoration, monitoring, and training.
💵 Income Replacement
60% of average income, max $45K/year for up to 36 months
🚢 Vessel Maintenance
Keep boats ready for when salmon return
🏥 Health Insurance
Subsidy to keep families covered
🎫 Permit Buyback
Voluntary exit for those who want it
🦀 Dungeness Crab Fleet: $55 Million/Year
Domoic acid and whale entanglements keep delaying seasons. This helps crabbers survive delays and go whale-safe.
Season Delay Payments
Up to $1,500/week, max $15,000/season
Whale-Safe Gear
75% cost-share for ropeless traps
Fleet Modernization
Safety, efficiency, up to $75K grants
Domoic Acid Monitoring
Real-time toxin tracking systems
🌿 Aquaculture: New Paths for Fishers
Fishers can transition to shellfish, kelp, and seaweed farming—new careers that help the ocean!
🦪 Shellfish Farming
Oysters, clams, mussels, geoduck. Training, mentorship, equipment, seed subsidy for 3 years.
🌿 Kelp & Seaweed
Giant kelp, bull kelp, dulse, nori. Carbon capture, water quality, habitat restoration.
🐟 Finfish Innovation
Offshore aquaculture, native species (sablefish, rockfish), clear permitting.
🪶 Tribal Co-Management: Honoring 10,000 Years
Pacific Coast Tribes have fished these waters since time immemorial. This bill recognizes their rights and makes them EQUAL partners.
Treaty Rights
Federal law protects Tribal fishing rights
Co-Management
Tribes as SOVEREIGNS, not just stakeholders
20% Minimum
At least 20% of ALL funds go to Tribal programs
Traditional Knowledge
Tribal-owned, consent required, protected
🌊 North Coast Pilot: CA-2 Leads the Nation
California's North Coast becomes the national model for fisheries resilience!
Pilot Region Counties
Del Norte • Humboldt • Mendocino • Sonoma (CA) + Curry County (OR)
💰 How It's Paid For: Trust Fund
No new taxes on families. Funded by tariffs, offshore wind, and existing disaster funds.
🛡️ Built-In Protections
100% Voluntary
All programs optional. No mandates on fishers or states.
Work Engagement
20 hrs/week in monitoring, restoration, or training.
Willing Sellers Only
Permit buyback only from those who WANT to exit.
20% Tribal Minimum
Tribes guaranteed at least 20% of all funding.
GAO Reviews
Independent audits at Years 3, 6, 9.
10-Year Sunset
Expires unless Congress reauthorizes.
🐟 Save Fisheries. Build Futures.
Pacific fishing families are in crisis. Salmon seasons closed. Crab delayed. Processing plants shuttered. But these waters have fed communities for 10,000 years—and they can again. This bill provides immediate relief for salmon fishers, stabilizes crab fleets, opens new paths through aquaculture, honors Tribal treaty rights with real co-management, and makes California's North Coast the national model for fisheries resilience. Help NOW. Hope for TOMORROW. That's showing your work.
Gregory Burgess for Congress
No Party Preference • California's 2nd Congressional District
"Show Your Work" Campaign