Resources
Shared Ownership in Action
Careers
Regional Ownership & Organizing Lead
Catch Together and its Community Partner Organizations are seeking relationship-driven leaders, entrepreneurs, and organizers to work alongside fishermen to build cooperative ownership systems that support strong businesses, strengthen coastal communities, and help fishermen determine the future of their resources.
Global Models that Inspire Us
Across the world, communities are creating innovative models of ownership and stewardship — from small-boat fisheries to cooperative farms and place-based economies.These examples shape how Catch Together works and help us imagine what’s possible for coastal communities everywhere.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Pacific Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative →
Returning fishing access and control to Indigenous communities in British Columbia
BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR
Mexican Community Fisheries →
Local cooperatives proving sustainable harvests can strengthen communities.
Newfoundland & Labrador
Fogo Island →
Place-based ownership investing profits back into the community.
gLOBAL
Agrarian Trust →
A cooperative land ownership model preserving working lands for local farmers.
SCOTLAND
Shetland Fishermen’s Cooperative →
Ensuring fishing rights and profits stay rooted in local hands.
Videos
Catch Together Covid Impact
Protecting Oceans and Feeding a Nation
Articles
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Tenure Rights/USA: By, and from, the Sea
Brittany Tholan & Linda Behnken
In The News
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A ‘Community Bank’ That’s Helping Fishermen Stay on the Water →
Walton Family Foundation
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For Parker it is a matter of trusts →
Cape Cod Commercial Fisherman’s Alliance
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![Fisherman in a boat on the ocean with fishing equipment and another boat in the distance during sunset.]()
Finding Solutions that Benefit Fishing Communities and Create Healthier Oceans →
Walton Family Foundation
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![Three tubs of haddock chowder on a dock in front of a fishing boat on the water.]()
Fishermen Team Up With Food Banks To Help Hungry Families →
NPR
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![Person in a green parka stands on a boat with a red lifebuoy in the foreground.]()
The last skipper in Ouzinkie: How Gulf of Alaska villages lost their Native fishing fleets →
Northern Journal
