The Fisherfamily Advisory Council for Tradition & Stewardship brings together coastal families, seafood workers, and cultural stewards to guide Habitat Recovery Project’s programs, legal strategies, and organizational practices regarding the preservation of our waters.
The Williams Family, FACTS Council Members, visit Victoria Styrbicki’s ‘Caught Up’ Exhibit in Lake Charles.
“A powerful and inspiring visit today at the gallery with oystering family Solomon, Jay, and Cheyenne Williams. Cheyenne brought the levity, Solomon the passion, and Jay the insight—especially when she looked at the central net and said, “It’s like a target… like how the Louisiana fishing industry is being targeted”—by imports, lack of political support, industrial interference, and climate change.”
Their lived knowledge and fierce advocacy are essential to the story we’re telling—and to the future of Gulf Coast communities. So grateful for their presence, and excited for more collaboration with these incredible fisherfolk.”
- Victoria Bradford Styrbicki
Captain Ray Mallett using his decades of knowledge of the Calcasieu River to educate boat passengers.
Core Purpose
This council of 6 multi-generational fisherfolk and coastal families from Southwest Louisiana serves as a frontline voice for ecosystem and cultural preservation within Louisiana’s intergenerational fishing communities.
As ecological assessment agents and community liaisons, we watch over the shifting conditions of our waters and people. We witness and report on the changes we see, with our observations grounded in generations of traditional ecological knowledge. Through amplifying our lived experiences and intrinsic knowledge of our ecosystems, we connect to the global conversations on the ways in which humanity uses and treats its waters.
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