AND
AND THIS
AND THIS TOMMY GOES I'M A FOURTH GENERATION COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN. IT'S A HARD LIFE BUT
IT'S IN MY BLOOD. I WANT YOU TO
MEET THE FARMERS OF THE SEA WHO
WORKED SO HARD TO BRING THE
FRESHEST SEAFOOD TO YOUR DINNER
TABLE. THE SAN DIEGO SEAFOOD
CULTURE WILL BE ON FULL DISPLAY
IN A BRAND NEW TELEVISION SHOW
ON THE OUTDOOR CHANNEL. IT'S
CALLED THE FISHMONGER. IT STARS
LOCAL SEAFOOD EXPERT TOMMY
GOMEZ, FORMER COMMERCIAL
FISHERMAN AND LOCAL SEAFOOD
EXPERT. WE'RE HAPPY TO WELCOME
TOMMY GOMEZ TO THE FORE. THANKS
FOR JOINING US TODAY, TOMMY.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME. IT'S
EXCITING IT SANDWHICH IT'S A
BEAUTIFUL DAY IN SAN DIEGO AND
THERE ARE A LOT OF OK SO IT IS
EXCITING. WHAT IS THIS NEW SHOW
ALL ABOUT AND WHO CAME UP WITH
THE IDEA FOR IT? YOU KNOW MY
FRIEND AND I SCOTT LEYH, SETH
WE WERE DOING TRADE SHOWS
TOGETHER AND TALKING ABOUT
SEAFOOD AND WHATNOT AND YOU
KNOW THE AMERICAN FISHERMEN
THEY'RE NOT THE BAD GUYS.
THEY'RE NOT THE ONES THAT ARE
OVERFISHING AND NOT REPORTING
REGULATED CATCHES AND THINGS
LIKE THAT. AND THE FACT OF THE
MATTER IS IS THAT OUR GUYS
AREN'T COMPLAINING IN THE US
THEY JUST WANT A LEVEL PLAYING
FIELD AND OUR COUNTRY IS JUST
WE'RE JUST IMPORTING SO MUCH
SEAFOOD AND IT'S UNREGULATED
AND IT'S YOU KNOW, WE DON'T
KNOW WHERE IT'S REALLY COMING
FROM. THERE'S A BAIT AND SWITCH
IF YOU HAVE A BOAT THAT CATCHES
IT IN ONE AREA AND THEN
OFFLOADS INTO ANOTHER COUNTRY,
THEN IT BECOMES THAT COUNTRY
OF ORIGIN AND AND ALL WE'RE
TRYING TO DO IS JUST GET PEOPLE
TO BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT
WHERE THEIR FOOD COMES FROM
BECAUSE WE DON'T BUY OUR BEEF,
CHICKEN AND PORK FROM FAR AWAY
LANDS. I SEE NO REASON TO BUY
OUR SEAFOOD FROM FAR AWAY LANDS
BUT WE STILL HAVE TO FEED THE
MASSES SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO
GET A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR
OUR FELLOWS, OUR MEN AND WOMEN
THAT FISH UP AND DOWN THE WEST
COAST, THE EAST COAST AND THE
GULF STATES IN SAN DIEGO THE
ONCE GREAT TUNA CAPITAL OF THE
WORLD WHERE'S A BETTER SPOT TO
START A TV SHOW TO GET THE WORD
OUT? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
YEAH. AND YOU'RE SHOWING PEOPLE
THE ACTUAL WORK IT TAKES TO GET
THIS TOP LINE SEAFOOD, THIS
GREAT STUFF THAT WE WANT TO
EAT. AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU SHOT
IT IN SAN DIEGO. SO ARE WE
GOING TO SEE OTHER FAMILIAR
FACES, LOCAL CELEBRITY CHEFS
PERHAPS? OH YEAH. YOU'LL SEE
YOU'LL SEE ALL KINDS
OF CELEBRITY CHEFS. I MEAN WE
GOT DAVE AND WAIT OUT A WRENCH
AND ROWDEN ANTHONY PASQUA FROM
SIKU SUSHI WE'VE GOT AN AMAZING
ASSORTMENT OF CHEFS NOT ONLY
OUT BUT MEN AND WOMEN THAT WORK
ON OUR LOCAL FISH FISHING BOATS
AND WE'RE DOWN AT THE DOCKSIDE
MARKET WHICH IS BROUGHT BY THE
SAN DIEGO FISHERMAN'S WORKING
GROUP AND THOSE FINE FOLKS DOWN
THERE. AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING
TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT WHAT
THE BIG DEAL IS ABOUT SEAFOOD
AND IF WE CAN GET PEOPLE TO EAT
LOCAL SEAFOOD TWICE A WEEK,
IT'S GREAT BECAUSE WHAT WE
DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT THAT
FISH IS CREATED JOBS IN OUR
LOCAL ECONOMY EVEN BEFORE IT
WAS CAUGHT I MEAN WE HAVE TO
FUEL THE BOAT. WE HAVE TO GET
GROCERIES. WE HAVE TO GET ALL
THE SUPPLIES AND EVERYTHING
BLISTENING WE HAVE TO BUY ICE
AND FORKLIFT DRIVERS AND CRANE
OPERATORS JUST EVERYTHING THAT
GOES ALONG WITH IT. THESE JOBS
ARE CREATED BEFORE THAT FISH IS
CAUGHT AND THESE ARE HARD
WORKING MEN AND WOMEN IN OUR
COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITIES UP
AND DOWN THE COAST AND WE'RE
JUST DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO
GET THE WORD OUT TO KNOW YOUR
SOURCE, ASK QUESTIONS, READ THE
LABEL AND MOST IMPORTANTLY KNOW
THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN BECAUSE
EVERY FISH HAS A STORY AND WE
WANT TO TELL OUR STORY ABOUT
THE AMERICAN FISHERMEN. ALL
RIGHT. EVERY FISH HAS ITS STORY
AND SO YOOU TOMMY GOES THE SHOW
IS THE FISH MONGER ON THE
OUTDOOR CHANNEL. REAL QUICK
WE'RE OUT OF TIME BUT WHEN DOES
IT DEBUT? MONDAY FOUR THIRTY IN
THE AFTERNOON THIS COMING
MONDAY. OH COOL. WE LOOK
FORWARD TO THAT. WE ACTUALLY
HAVE A FULL GRAPHIC UP HERE FOR
PEOPLE TO SEE AGAIN MONDAY,
MARCH 1ST SEVEN THIRTY EASTERN
TIME IS WHAT WE'RE BEING TOLD.
TOMMY JONES, THANK YOU SO MUCH
.I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR