<div><strong><em>The Short Story</em></strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Support Team F/V Olinka and get a boat shirt!
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>The short story is that I’m using this platform to collect enough to set up a pre-order for boat shirts. I've been meaning to design a new boat shirt for us for a long time now, and now it's art for a cause! The fish in the design are the main fisheries F/V Olinka has primarily relied on in recent years: albacore, buoy gear swordfish, and line (troll) caught California king salmon.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>As of this time, the garments will be black with unisex/men’s sizes, Gildan Ultra Cotton. if there's enough interest I can try for some other items (design should fit on larger youth sizes but those don't have a pocket).
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Pocket T-shirt: $35
</div>
<div>Long sleeve shirt: $45
</div>
<div>Hoodie: $85
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Donate at least the amount shown for merchandise listed above. <strong>In your donation receipt e-mailed by GoFundMe, there will be a link to add a comment where you can specify which item(s) you want for the pre-order, and your size(s), or shipping address if needed. </strong>This comment should show up to the organizer even if you donate as anonymous. You'll need to log back in to GoFundMe to make this comment after you get the e-mail receipt.
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="83716693_1730926988732518_r.png" media_type="null" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/83716693_1730926988732518_r.png" width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Instagram video of the shirt at this <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCBK0_KxJvo/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">link</a>.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Design on back:
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="83716693_1730841026165124_r.png" media_type="null" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/83716693_1730841026165124_r.png" width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Design on t-shirt front pocket or similar area on long sleeve or hoodie. This is based on the design I made for a sign when we were selling salmon off the boat in 2020:
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="83716693_1730841758852720_r.png" media_type="null" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/83716693_1730841758852720_r.png" width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div>I should be able to organize pickups at the boat (G St marina near Seaport Village, where most of what's left of San Diego's commercial fishing fleet is located) or possibly elsewhere around San Diego. If you’re not around San Diego, we’ll figure something out!
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong><em>The Long(er) Story</em></strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>For the last two years (update as of 4/15/25: now three years), California has had a complete closure on fishing for king salmon. There was some disaster relief approved for the 2023 closure, but the amount that would go to commercial salmon fishermen is a fraction of what they might hope to earn if they had a season.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="83716693_1730583181299419_r.jpeg" media_type="null" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/83716693_1730583181299419_r.jpeg" width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Boat shirt pre-orders are part of a fundraiser to supplement the <a href="https://wildlife.ca.gov/Fishing/Ocean/Disaster-Info" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Federal Fishery Disaster Relief</a> for my captain Doug of F/V Olinka (if/when it becomes available) for the 2023, 2024 and 2025 California King salmon closures, and to raise awareness that sustainability, good practices, and the importance of protecting fish populations often come with regulations, challenges and and a higher cost of operating in California as a small commercial fishing boat.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Proceeds from boat shirts or pure donations will be used for: Boat maintenance, permit renewals (e.g. cost of maintaining a 2023 commercial salmon vessel permit despite not being able to fish was $739.50), slip fees, insurance, fuel, oil changes and filters, storage for gear, lost income from years of salmon season closures...some of what the Federal Fishery Disaster Relief is supposed to cover.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>The goal amount is a long shot, but it's an example of about what the boat grossed during one season fishing California king salmon.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>The following articles are just a few references on California's salmon closures and status of commercial fishing in general. They hit really close to home, especially the observations about closures like this permanently driving more boats from the fleet.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Apr 15, 2025 <a href="https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2025/04/commercial-salmon-season-shut-down-again-california/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Cal Matters</a>: <em>Commercial salmon season is shut down — again. Will California’s iconic fish ever recover</em>?
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Oct 30, 2024 <a href="https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/10/salmon-fishing-california" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Cal Matters</a> : <em>A third straight year with no California salmon fishing? Early fish counts suggest it could happen</em>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Mar 11, 2024 <a href="https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/03/california-salmon-restrictions-ban-2024/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Cal Matters</a> : <em>‘Simply catastrophic’: California salmon season to be restricted or shut down — again</em>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Spring 2024 <a href="https://www.ediblemontereybay.com/online-magazine/spring-2024/near-death-diagnosis/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Edible Monterey</a> :<em> Near Death Diagnosis - Haunting reports on the fragility of remaining local fishers</em>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Please share and help support small boat commercial fishermen - we hope to be able to keep fishing for what we can, when we can, and fish California king salmon again in the future!
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong><em>About the Organizer</em></strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>I started fishing with Doug on his boat F/V Olinka in 2020 as part of a California Sea Grant commercial fishing apprenticeship program which aimed to address the “graying of the fleet” - the aging and shrinking of the commercial fishing industry due to a lack of newer entrants. I wasn’t aware of this issue when I started, but now understand how difficult it can be to stay afloat as a full-time small boat commercial fisherman…even if you have owned your boat since 1987, have done well in the past, and have permits and gear for multiple fisheries to participate in. With current fishing regulations, closures, limited entry restrictions, MLPAs, competition from imports and farmed fish and the ever increasing cost of operating and coastal living where fishermen need to be, it is challenging to maintain the boat and support yourself, let alone keep crew who might continue in commercial fishing, especially in somewhere as expensive as San Diego. I'm organizing this fundraiser to try and help Doug, who is one of the hardest working and generous people I know, stay in an industry he loves and has worked in his whole life. It's also an industry whose survival I care deeply about and which has inspired a lot of my recent <a href="https://instagram.com/seasketchr" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">artwork</a> besides the boat shirt design.
</div>

Anonymous

Travis Vail

Mellivora Capensis

Ryu, Casey, and Nick Bruce

Melissa Morgan Mahoney

Sierra Brown

Daniel Woo

Seth GetTo

Carolyn Louie

S Quan

Max Attax

Chris Taeuffer

Ashleigh Palinkas

Help support small commercial fishing vessel FV Olinka!

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

user language is English and fund country: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

Supporter Comments Eligible Funds

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

currencyCode

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

writePath

Stream Notification

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

Users Receiving Braze KYC Validation Failed

Native 11.3.0 and above

Influencer - Prod

US fundraisers and US users

Native 11.4.0 and higher

ai_title_page

anyword

openai

control

manual_entry

userEmail

template_id

userId

fundUrl

isCharityCo

email

appVersion

shouldBucketIntoExperiment

partnerId

donationCadence

isActiveFundraiser

isPartner

isMobile

npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

hasSessionDonation

isCampaignOwner

fundHasInstagramDeepLink

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

Help support small commercial fishing vessel FV Olinka!

Still $93,185 to go. Help us build momentum.