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Stephanie Lights is the woman in the wheelhouse: How a hairstylist is carrying on her father’s work in the fishery

Lights hasn’t always hauled pots and emptied bait cans for a living. She started off in a hands-on industry with a lot more glamour. For a dozen or so years, she worked as a busy hairstylist.  But, after Lights started a family and had two young children, she found working full-time was a challenge. That’s when her father, Wayne Russell, invited her to join him on board his boat, fishing part-time. Russell had spent his entire working life on the water. Sadly, in July 2018, that’s where he died — he had a heart attack while out fishing for capelin. Video, photo’s, >click to read< 08:06