“Fishing for Success hopes to bring its work to Northern Peninsula”
KYLE GREENHAM • SALTWIRE • JANUARY 16, 2018
GREAT NORTHERN PENINSULA, NL – A Petty Harbour-based group that focuses on getting young people involved with the fishery is hoping to extend its efforts to areas like the Great Northern Peninsula.
Over the past four years, Kimberly Orren of Fishing for Success has been working to see Newfoundland and Labrador’s fishery preserved for the next generation.
“Our fishery is not just food – it’s culture, it’s heritage,” said Orren.
“We’re not just talking about getting young people in the fishery, we’re talking about saving the culture.”
Working out of Petty Harbour, Fishing for Success has used its summer programs to get young people out onto wharves and into boats. The group’s agenda is to rejuvenate their connection to a resource that is vital to the province’s economy, history and culture.
“What is important is that young people growing up have access and can participate in the fishery in some way,” Orren said. “Maybe it will encourage not only future fishermen, but marine biologists or other occupations related to the fishery that will keep them in the province.”
