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Above: Morning catch on the coast of Senegal. Photo courtesy of Jane Harrison<\/em><\/p>\n

North Carolina Sea Grant is co-sponsoring \u201cRadical Transformation of Our Seas: Stories from Fisherman\u2019s Blues<\/em><\/a>\u201d on Sept. 25. During the event, author Anna Badkhen will read from her new book, an intimate account of life in a West African fishing village. Ryan Speckman, co-founder of Locals Seafood, will join her to help compare experiences on the Atlantic\u2019s east and west coasts. The event will take place at 7 p.m. in the Duke Energy Hall of NC State University\u2019s Hunt Library.<\/p>\n

Jane Harrison<\/a>, North Carolina Sea Grant coastal economics specialist, will moderate. She met Badkhen in Senegal while the author was immersed in a coastal village\u2019s fishing culture.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout enforcement of regulations, Senegalese village fishers are facing depleting stock,\u201d Harrison says. \u201cThey compete with large commercial fleets from other countries that illegally fish their waters.\u201d<\/p>\n

For centuries, fishermen have launched their pirogues (narrow canoes) off the Senegalese coast, where villagers tell stories about times when fish were large and plentiful.<\/p>\n

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Anna Badkhen (foreground) with the leader of the local artisanal fishermen’s union. Photo courtesy of Jane Harrison<\/p><\/div>\n

Badkhen \u2014 who has written for The New York Times, Granta, <\/em>and The New Republic\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 often relies on full immersion in order to tell her stories. With Fishermen\u2019s Blues<\/em>, her sixth such ethnographic \u201cdeep dive,\u201d she explores the environmental, economic and cultural upheaval that the changing ocean brings to Senegalese villagers, while also depicting their resilience.<\/p>\n

Harrison says the village perspectives that Badkhen has captured, along with Speckman\u2019s take on the demand for locally sourced seafood from coastal N.C., will contribute to new understandings about the lives of fishers and the importance of seafood across the global community.<\/p>\n

Speckman began selling seafood out of a van in 2010, and quickly found a market for local seafood inside state lines. Today, the stated mission of Speckman\u2019s Locals Seafood includes helping to \u201cinstill stability and prosperity to our state\u2019s fishermen, oyster farmers, shrimpers, fish houses, and processors.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe audience will learn where to find the best seafood from local fisheries,\u201d Harrison says.<\/p>\n

Her own work has informed policy for the menhaden fishing industry<\/a> along the Atlantic Coast. More broadly, she also has played an integral role in developing North Carolina\u2019s \u201cBlue Economy<\/a>\u201d \u2014 a model for a sustainable ocean and coastal economy in which economic activity is in balance with the long-term capacity of ocean and coastal ecosystems.<\/p>\n

The NC State College of Natural Resources is co-sponsoring \u201cRadical Transformation of Our Seas.\u201d Mary Watzin, dean\u00a0of the NC State College of Natural Resources and former director of the Lake Champlain Sea Grant program, will speak at the beginning of the event. Copies of Fisherman\u2019s Blues\u00a0<\/em>will be available for purchase beforehand, and a signing and reception will follow the reading and discussion.<\/p>\n

This event is free and open to the public. Please\u00a0RSVP here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Location<\/a>
\nDuke Energy Hall
\nHunt Library
\n1070 Partners Way
\nRaleigh, NC 27606<\/p>\n

More about the Blue Economy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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