New School of Invisible Economics: Fishing the City 101

An inquiry into the impact of urbanization and city development via stories from people who have fished Seattle’s waterways for generations. 

References for this participatory research project

Oral histories of fishers conducted by members of ECOSS (Environmental Coalition of South Seattle)

The Seattle Times guide to urban fishing

Environmental Inequality and the Urbanization of West Coast Watersheds, Sarah S. Elkind, 2016

The Duwamish River’s Deadly Catches, Daniel Person, 2013

City of the Changers: Indigenous People and the Transformation of Seattle’s Watersheds, Coll Thrush, 2006 (Short reading assignment excerpt here)

Salmon Fishing Pier Closes in Downtown Seattle

This goodbye really hurts: Linc’s Tackle taught Seattle how to fish

Informal interviews

Interviews with fishermen on pier 69

Sophorn Sim, interviewer in fish stories oral histories and Community Outreach Associate at Environmental Coalition of South Seattle

Ronn Kess of Fish On Bait & Tackle, currently closed due to fishing pier 86's closure