5. Current Issues Affecting the Port's Fisheries
- Port-at-a-Glance
- Location, History and Economy
- Port Governance and Infrastructure
- Fishing Profile: Commercial and Recreational Fisheries
- Current Issues Affecting the Port’s Fisheries
- Social and Environmental Vulnerability
Social, political, economic and environmental events pose both immediate and ongoing challenges and opportunities for the port’s fisheries, with impacts reverberating throughout and beyond the community.
Shoreside Infrastructure
Amid rapid growth in coastal land use and increasing property values, there is an acute need for work and storage space for commercial fishing gear and equipment and seafood production
Increasing Ocean Uses
Decommissioning of offshore oil and gas platforms and potential expansion of ocean aquaculture in the region have mixed implications for fisheries and other ocean uses and the port.
COVID-19 Pandemic
Disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including markets and supply chains for many types of seafood-producing businesses closure/limited operation of tourist-serving businesses and restaurants. CPFVs likewise operated on a more limited basis than usual.