Local Fisheries Advocate Niaz Dorry to Speak at Duke on October 14

DURHAM, N.C. – Niaz Dorry, coordinating director of the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance and a widely cited advocate for policies that promote small-scale, local fisheries, will give a free public talk, “Who Fishes Matters.”

Local Fisheries Advocate Niaz Dorry to Speak at Duke on October 14

DURHAM, N.C. – Niaz Dorry, coordinating director of the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance and a widely cited advocate for policies that promote small-scale, local fisheries, will give a free public talk, “Who Fishes Matters.”

In her talk, Dorry will explain why enacting and enforcing new policies that advance the rights and ecological benefits of small-scale local fishing communities, and give more control to local fishermen, is essential for protecting global marine biodiversity.

She will draw comparisons with U.S. farm policies, which, she says, have promoted the emergence of large-scale factory farming that is driving many family farmers out of business, degrading the environment, threatening the security of the nation’s land-based food systems, and sapping the vitality of farming communities.

The talk is sponsored by DukeFish, (www.dukefish.org), the graduate student chapter of the American Fisheries Society at Duke University, and by Walking Fish, (www.walking-fish.org), a community-supported fishery launched by DukeFish in cooperation with Carteret County, N.C., fishermen in 2009.

Free parking for Dorry’s talk will be available in the Lasalle Lot, located on Circuit Drive adjacent to LSRC.  A volunteer will be stationed at the lot’s gate between 6:30 and 7 p.m. to let visitors in.

For more information about the event, please visit Duke University’s website.