New Bedford, Mass., — April 4, 2013 — In September 2013, the Working Waterfront Festival will mark its tenth anniversary. To celebrate, it is presenting Portholes, a series of free, monthly programs designed to engage residents and members of commercial fishing communities in conversations about critical issues facing the working waterfront. Each month's programming centers around a theme. Programming during the month of April explores the theme Sustainability:
Tuesday April 9
Sustainable Seafood Cooking with Henry Bousquet
Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech High School, 7PM
Chef and culinary arts instructor Henry Bousquet will share family-friendly approaches to cooking abundant species including Pollock, Redfish and Spiny Dogfish. The audience will be invited to taste his creations and take home recipes. A special thanks to BASE and Marder Trawling for donated seafood.
Thursday April 11
Red Gold
National Park, 7:30 PM
Filmmakers Ben Knight and Travis Rummel spent 70 days in Bristol Bay documenting the growing unrest among native, commercial and sport fishermen who oppose the proposed Pebble Mine which could destroy the two largest remaining sockeye salmon runs on the planet. The open-pit and underground Pebble Mine could require the largest dam ever constructed to contain toxic runoff from mine waste. Red Gold is a portrait of a unique way of life that would not exist if the salmon didn't return with Bristol Bay's tide. A discussion will follow the screening.
Friday April 19
The Fish Belong to the People
National Park, 7:00 PM
The Fish Belong to the People follows a group of family fishermen in Port Clyde, Maine as they work to save their fishing grounds from government, market structure, and themselves. With each passing season their way of life has slowly been extinguished by old ways of doing business that favors the most efficient and destructive ways of fishing over sustainability.
Sponsors:
Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech High School
New Bedford Guide
Medium Studio
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