Tag Archives: Port de Grave fisherman Wayne Russell
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
Inshore harvesters, including a member of FFAW’s inshore council dispute snow crab science
The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) questions why the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans would report poor scientific signs of snow crab when it’s not the full picture of the state of the resource. The results of crab surveys carried out by inshore harvesters won’t be available until December. “The science is only half of the story — inshore harvesters have the other half,” says Ryan Cleary, President of FISH-NL. “This shows the same old disconnect exists between DFO science and what harvesters are reporting on the water. Why does DFO report doom and gloom when all the information is not on the table?” click here to read the press release 09:19
