We Need More Than Docks to Keep the Port of San Diego Fishing

Commercial sea urchin fishermen and Tuna Harbor Dockside Market strolls the walkway at the Port of San Diego. It is sunny and there are palm trees and skyscrapers in the distance.

Longtime advocate for San Diego fishermen Pete Halmay shares his perspective in this San Diego Union-Tribune commentary on the urgent need for local seafood infrastructure.

Halmay highlights challenges that the city’s small-scale fishermen are facing, including inadequate storage and processing facilities, and he emphasizes his hope to gain local support for reintroducing the Domestic Seafood Production Act (DSPA) in Congress.

Halmay also describes in detail how DSPA funding would help preserve San Diego’s coastal heritage, reduce fish waste, and empower local fishermen to meet the growing seafood demand amid the city’s diverse 3.3 million residents.

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Photos by Jason Houston, courtesy of Pete Halmay