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Getting on the Wagon
Guest contribution from Susanna D. Fuller, Marine Coordinator at Ecology Action Centre About ten minutes into the panel discussion held at St. Mary’s University on October 18th on small-scale fisheries...
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Powering UP in Edmonton: a Seafoodie Heads Inland
Guest Contribution by Jordan Nikoloyuk Food Secure Canada’s Steering Committee Chair Eric Chaurette introduces the Energy, Resilience and the Future of Food panel. Photo: Food Secure Canada At Ecology...
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Idle No More & Our Small-scale Fisheries
Guest Contribution by Sherry Pictou, Mi’kmaq Activist, Student, and Co-Chair of the World Forum of Fisher Peoples. Idle No More Canso Causeway. Courtesy of Jamie Y. Battiste. I am honoured by this...
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Célébrant le poisson bon, propre et juste
(Original English language post here. Translated by Slow Food Canada here.) Plus de 2000 délégué(e)s de 130 pays se sont rassemblés à Terra Madre et Salone del Gusto afin d’apprendre à propos, de...
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Small-Scale Fishermen and Farmers “In the Same Boat”
Guest Contribution by Rachel Bower “People can’t eat oil, but they can eat codfish.” – Bill Molloy, inshore cod fisherman I am an independent documentary filmmaker living in Halifax, Nova Scotia. My...
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Moving Forward Together
Guest Contribution by Brett Tolley “Moving Forward Together” Last week I had the privilege to join the Canadian Independent Fish Harvester’s Movement for their two-day meeting in Halifax. My purpose...
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Moderate Livelihood Fishery: A Mi’kmaq Way of Life
Contribution by Allison Bernard For the past five years, the Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn (KMK) – also known as Mi’kmaq Rights Initiative- has been engaged in a three party negotiation process to implement...
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Nutritional security and our fisheries
Guest contribution from Dr. Stephen Hall In titling our paper “Innovations in capture fisheries are an imperative for nutrition security in the developing world” readers of Small Scales will be under...
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As We Fish and Farm
Guest contribution by Kristen Lowitt I came to Newfoundland for the first time just over four years ago. I can still vividly recall taking the ferry across from Nova Scotia in the late winter,...
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Recognizing and Protecting our Small-Scale Fisheries
Guest contribution by Sharmane Allen. Small-scale fisheries are the cornerstone of many of Canada’s coastal communities. A current initiative undertaken by Food and Agriculture Organization of the...
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Holy Jumpin Mackerel Fish
by Sadie Beaton. A version of this post originally appeared at Rustik Magazine Growing up in the fishing community of Canso, Nova Scotia, my school bus driver’s favourite expletive was “Holy Jumping...
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Resilience and Change on Fogo Island
Guest contribution by Amanda Barney. According to the flat earth society, Fogo Island is one of the four corners of the earth. It also boasts a rich history intimately linked to the North Atlantic cod...
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The Elusive Alaria Esculenta
Guest Contribution by Jesse Orr. Has anyone else been noticing more and more seaweed snacks in grocery stores across Canada? They are usually seasoned seaweed “chips” that are similar in appearance to...
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Re-routing Nova Scotia’s Food Conundrum
Guest contribution by Justin Cantafio. Moving food around in Nova Scotia is no picnic. Especially when it’s fish. Our province simply doesn’t have a regional distribution network for seafood. Most...
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Honoring Fisheries Activist and Malaysian Airlines Passenger Chandrika Sharma
Guest contribution by Brett Tolley. Reposted with permission from the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance (NAMA) blog Who Fishes Matters. At NAMA we were greatly disheartened last week to hear that...
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Canada Missing Big Opportunity to Support its Small-Scale Fisheries
Guest post by Arthur Bull. The vast majority of fisheries in the world are small-scale. These are the community-based, small boat, family-owned fisheries that make up a whopping 90% of the world’s...
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Making Smart Seafood Choices in Atlantic Canada
by Catharine Grant. There’s no denying that people are becoming more aware of what they eat, how it’s produced and where it comes from. When it comes to terrestrial food, people have access to...
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Recognizing the Importance of Small-Scale Fisheries
by Katie Schleit. June 9, 2014 was a momentous occasion for the millions of small-scale fishermen around the globe, including those here in Canada, who often feel marginalized and underrepresented by...
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Feeding the World: why farming a carnivorous fish is not the answer
by Rob Johnson. Every year sustainable seafood advocates – conservation organizations and the seafood, fishing and aquaculture industries – get together to discuss ways to ensure that food that comes...
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Fish as Food: our collective responsibility
by Susanna Fuller. This post was delivered as part of the Walrus Talks Water event held in Halifax on May 25th, 2015. I’m going to talk about the water we can’t drink – the salty kind. The kind that...
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