Social FISHtancing

Philip Loring
Social FISHtancing

Social FISHtancing is a podcast produced during the first year of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Co-Hosts Phil Loring, Hannah Harrison, and Emily De Sousa chronicle the unfolding impacts of lockdowns, restrictions, and illness on small-scale fishing fleets around North America. Episodes involve interviews with local fishers, seafood processors and marketers, and restaurateurs. 

  1. Social FISHtancing - Episode 17 - COVID-19 and Fisheries Research

    11/16/2020

    Social FISHtancing - Episode 17 - COVID-19 and Fisheries Research

    In this episode, we talk to three other teams of fisheries researchers to learn about how COVID-19 has impacted their work, and the research and findings they've been able to pursue since the beginning of the pandemic. Click these links to read the studies featured in this episode: 1. Alternative seafood networks during COVID-19 by Stoll et al. 2020 (preprint): https://ecoevorxiv.org/kuzwq/ 2. Adaptation and resilience of fishers in the northeast USA during COVID-19 by Smith et al. 2020 (preprint): https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/z3v2h/ 3. Remote sensing of fisheries in Ghana by Okyere et al. 2020 (preprint): https://assets.researchsquare.com/files/rs-39872/v1/83ece780-383d-43d9-afbe-953d07c32ce2.pdf 4. Impacts of COVID-19 on Commercial Fisheries Workers by Sorensen et al. 2020: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1059924X.2020.1815617?journalCode=wagr20 In this episode, we talked to: Dr. Sarah Smith at Rutgers University (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sarah_Smith63) Dr. Isaac Okyere at the University of Cape Coast (https://acecor.ucc.edu.gh/personnel/dr-isaac-okyere) Mr. Bernard Ekumah at the University of Cape Coast (https://ccm.ucc.edu.gh/personnel/mr-bernard-ekumah) Dr. Raymond Babanawo at the University of Rhode Island Dr. Julie Sorensen at the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety (www.necenter.org) Rebecca Weil at the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety (www.necenter.org) This week's music is "Roads that Burned our Boots" by Jahzzar, available at the free music archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Blinded_by_dust/Roads_that_burned_our_boots We love to hear your feedback. Follow the Coastal Routes Project www.twitter.com/@Coastal_Routes Philip Loring www.twitter.com/@ConserveChange Hannah Harrison www.twitter.com/@fishpeopleplace Emily De Sousa www.twitter.com/@emilyseaside If you have a story to share with us, send us an email at stories@coastalroutes.org.

    29 min
  2. Social FISHtancing - Episode 16 - Working Waterfronts

    10/27/2020

    Social FISHtancing - Episode 16 - Working Waterfronts

    In this episode, we take a visit down to the shore to hear stories about working waterfronts, and the important role they play in supporting coastal livelihoods and keeping seafood on our plates. In this episode, we talk to: Monique Coombs of the Maine Coast Fisherman's Association (www.mainecoastfishermen.org/) Melissa Collier of West Coast Wild Scallops (www.wildscallops.ca) Anthony Cobb of Fogo Island Fish (www.fogoislandfish.ca) Carson Minor of Lincoln Fisheries out of Port Colborne, Ontario. For more information on the issue of coastal "grabbing", see here: https://doi.org/10.1080/08920753.2012.677635 and here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40152-017-0062-8 To see photos of the Minor family boat and new unloading situation, look here: https://twitter.com/fishpeopleplace/status/1321082315007791107?s=19 To learn more about working waterfronts, visit the SeaGrant Working Waterfronts project page: https://seagrant.noaa.gov/News/PID/468/evl/0/TagID/937/TagName/Working-Waterfronts This week's music is "Move-Out" by David Suzuki, available at https://davidsuzuki.bandcamp.com/ . We love to hear your feedback. Follow the Coastal Routes Project www.twitter.com/@Coastal_Routes Philip Loring www.twitter.com/@ConserveChange Hannah Harrison www.twitter.com/@fishpeopleplace Emily De Sousa www.twitter.com/@airplaneavocado If you have a story to share with us, send us an email at stories@coastalroutes.org.

    27 min

Ratings & Reviews

4.8
out of 5
5 Ratings

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Social FISHtancing is a podcast produced during the first year of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Co-Hosts Phil Loring, Hannah Harrison, and Emily De Sousa chronicle the unfolding impacts of lockdowns, restrictions, and illness on small-scale fishing fleets around North America. Episodes involve interviews with local fishers, seafood processors and marketers, and restaurateurs. 

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