Mrs. Michele Longo Eder

Michele Longo Eder is an attorney whose practice includes an emphasis in marine and fisheries law. A graduate of The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, Michele moved to Portland, OR in 1976 to attend Lewis and Clark Law School, receiving her Juris Doctor degree in 1979.

For the past 25 years, Michele has lived on the Oregon coast, representing family-owned commercial fishing businesses. Representative clients include the Oregon Trawl Commission, the Newport Crab Marketing Association, the Oregon Trollers Association, the Shrimp Producers Marketing Cooperative, the Western Shrimp Alliance, the Port Orford Fisherman's Marketing Association and the Coos Umpqua Crab Association. Michele frequently appears before state and federal regulatory agencies regarding commercial fishing issues

In partnership with her husband, Bob Eder, Michele owns the F/V Michele Ann, a 66 foot steel vessel based in Newport, Oregon. Utilizing species-specific "pot" gear, Bob and his crew catch Dungeness crab off the coast of Oregon, Washington and California, and also fish for a deepwater groundfish known as sablefish. In addition, the vessel engages in collaborative fisheries research with state and federal agencies, such as National Marine Fisheries Service and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, as well as with scientists at the University of California at Santa Cruz, and the Oregon State University.

Michele is also President of Eder Fish Company, and as a wholesale fish dealer, sells the family's crab and sablefish catch to domestic and foreign buyers.

Active in her community, she has served on the Board of Directors or President of a number of groups, primarily those that provide services to children and families, including the Newport Fishermen's Wives, the YMCA, and the Newport Library Foundation

Currently, Michele is at work on a book entitled It's Not Fish Ye're Buying, It's Men's Lives, a journal of the life of a fisherman's wife.

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