Tag Archives: Women in the fishing industry
Teenage girl who won fisherman of the year hopes to inspire young women to work at sea
A teenage girl who won trainee fisherman of the year hopes to inspire more young women to work in the Scottish fishing industry. Isla Gale quit school at 15 to work as an apprentice on a scallop fishing boat. Now 19, she has completed deck officer qualifications in the hopes of following her dreams to work on larger fishing vessels at sea. The plucky teen is currently based in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire while studying at the Scottish Marine Academy (SMA). She hopes to see more women making waves in a male-dominated industry. She said: “I know that there are many supposed barriers and superstitions about women working at sea, but if you are determined and hardworking enough to overcome that side of things, you’ll do really well. more, >>CLICK TO READ<<12:50
Salty Dames – Women in Fishing
Google “women” and “fishing” and up will pop lots of calendar images of smiling ladies in bikinis, cradling impressive marine specimens they probably didn’t catch. But women have long been part of the seafood industry around the world: mending nets, landing fish, stocking aquaculture ponds, harvesting shellfish, working in markets and processing plants, running seafood companies, Read more here 16:31
Women in the fishing industry highlighted in Portholes Project
NEW BEDFORD — During March, the Working Waterfront Festival’s Portholes Project will present three programs exploring the theme “Women in the Industry.”The programs kick off at 7 p.m. March 8 with “Mothers, Daughters, Wives: Songs, Poems and Stories from Women in Fishing Families.” The closing program March 28 will feature Linda Greenlaw of “Perfect Storm” and swordfishing fame. Read more
