By KATIE BREEN • CBC NEWS • JULY 15, 2021 “A marine fisheries researcher and former Girls Who Fish participant is launching a sister version of the Petty Harbour program in Japan. Girls Who Fish is a year-round, biweekly program that teaches women and girls how to fish and empowers them to consider a career on Read more…
By REBECCA NOLAN • KCBX • AUGUST 19, 2020 Associate Producer Rebekah Nolan explores “Girls Who Fish” a program designed to attract girls and women to become involved in Newfoundland’s commercial fishery. Nolan says, “fishing is the thing that brought the first settlers from England and Ireland about 400 years ago, and it continues to be a Read more…
By JENN THORNHILL VERMA • READERS DIGEST CANADA • OCTOBER 16, 2019 Fishing lessons from Petty Harbour Fishing is part of my identity,” says Jasmine Paul, a 31-year-old part-time university student. “And when I wasn’t fishing, I was depressed.” On a Sunday in July, eight women are huddled together inside a wooden Read more…
DREW BROWN • THE INDEPENDENT • JUNE 27, 2019 About a century ago, roughly 80% of Newfoundland’s population was directly or indirectly working in the fishing industry. That figure was 30% on the eve of the 1992 cod moratorium, and by 2014-2015 it was less than 2%. Only about 20% of Read more…
HARRIS CENTRE • JUNE 25, 2019 As a major industry in our province traditionally dominated by men, many challenges still face women in the fishing sector. I n this Yaffle Connects, Kimberly Orren, from Fishing For Success, speaks with Dr. Nicole Power (MUN), Jasmine Paul (Apprentice Fisher), and Crystal Hanlon (Marine Institute) Read more…
NATALIE HAIRE • GUIDE TO THE GOOD • MAY 13, 2019 Last summer, during my Canada summer job with Fishing for Success, I was lucky to have the opportunity to tag along with Kimberly Orren for the Girls Who Fish program. Girls Who Fish is a community program taught by women Read more…
By EMA NOELLA KIBIRKSTIS • THE OVERCAST • MAY 13, 2019 Just 15 minutes south of St. John’s, nestled in the heart of the small community of Petty Harbour, we find the red paneled walls of the Island Rooms. Here is where Fishing for Success, and project manager Kimberly Orren, lead Read more…
M GUSTAVSSON • WOMEN IN FISHERIES • OCTOBER 31, 2018 … In addition, Kimberly Orren, founder of Fishing for Success and the Girls Who Fish programme in Newfoundland, presented work on making the fishery more accessible to women. Kimberly shared a video by Justin Oakey and Troy Maher which was one Read more…
By REBEKAH NOLAN • MAY 2, 2017 “Associate Producer Rebekah Nolan says, Newfoundland’s identity has always been tied to the fishery. It is the thing that brought the first settlers from England and Ireland about 400 years ago, and it continues to be a vital part of the province’s economy. What was initially Read more…
