Tag Archives: Zeke Grader

With sadness – Conservationist Zeke Grader, advocate for fish, dies

Zeke Grader, a lifelong conservationist who loved wild fish, wild rivers and the good fight necessary to protect them, has died. He was 68. “You would probably not be eating a wild California salmon today if it were not for Zeke,” said his friend Tim Sloane, the executive director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations. “He was not afraid of speaking truth to power. He wasn’t afraid of anyone.” Mr. Grader, 68, died Monday night of pancreatic cancer at a San Francisco hospice. Read the rest here 18:19

Fishery Legend Zeke Grader, PCFFA Executive Director, Honored At Sausalito Gathering

Hundreds of people attended an event honoring Zeke Grader, Executive Director of The Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman’s Associations (PCFFA) and The (IFR) on Friday, April 10, at the Bay Model in Sausalito.,, I have known Zeke for 30 years and admire him for his understanding of the big picture of fisheries and conservation in California and across the world. Read the rest from Dan Bacher here  18:49

Marin voice: Prop. 1 – One more shovel of dirt on the grave of our fisheries – Zeke Grader

Proposition 1 is one more shovel of dirt on the grave of our salmon, crab and other . Heightening dams or building new ones takes years. Our salmon fisheries need water now, not in 10 years. Our salmon fishermen and their families need water to flow down our rivers now to sustain these great fish that provide for us. Read the rest here 09:11

Costello and White’s “Closing high seas to fishing” Study gets deboned by Commercial Fishermen

crow whiteIf the high seas were closed to fishing, populations of migratory species such as tuna, billfish and shark would increase significantly and that would help the coastal fishing industry to flourish, a Cal Poly assistant biology professor has advocated in a recent study. Cal Poly assistant biology professor Crow White created a computer simulation to test the theory with co-author Christopher Costello, a UC Santa Barbara professor of environmental and resource economics. Read more here  09:18