Lyf Gildersleeve is a second generation fish monger with significant aquaculture and aquaponics experience and education, and significant public speaking experience. He actively promotes and protects sustainable use of our seafood resources aligning with the most sustainable fishermen, foragers, and farmers in the Northwest. He owns Flying Fish Company, a retail fish market, meat market, and oyster bar in Portland, Oregon. From developing lasting relationships with eco-conscience producers to early adoption and operation of sustainable aquaculture and aquaponics practices, his relationships with ecological concerns, sustaining family businesses, educating the public, advocating for national fisheries policy, and building a successful retail business place him in the forefront of a new generation of highly motivated, enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and forward looking entrepreneurs.
My Fishmonger Family’s First-Hand Experience of Climate Change
Lyf Gildersleeve is a second generation fishmonger and now a restaurateur, he can teach you a thing or two about sustainable seafood