Fishing Forward Podcast

30/08/2022

Our final episode of Fishing Forward is now live! Throughout this series, we've talked about the many risks and challenges fishermen face in the pursuit of bringing seafood to our plates. In Episode 18, we hear from fisherman Poggy Lapham, who shares with us how fishing is ultimately about food, and why the joy of this industry can outweigh the risks and dangers.

Find this last episode, as well as the full season (and transcripts!) on our website: www.coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod

A podcast about wellness and safety on the water

15/08/2022

Episode 17 is now live! This week, we're talking about survival at sea, including an incredible story of lobsterman who survived a fall overboard. We also hear about the Lifejackets for Lobstermen program, and how a culture of safety can save lives. This is our second-to-last episode, so tune in!

Listen and find transcripts: www.coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod

A podcast about wellness and safety on the water

08/08/2022

Are you all caught up on Fishing Forward? We have two more episodes before we wrap our season, including one on "Man Overboard" scenarios. Stay tuned!

Listen to our most recent episode (or read transcripts!) where we talk about hearing loss, noise, and vibration on fishing vessels.

Listen: www.coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod

29/07/2022

Episode 16 is now live! This week we're talking about noise, vibration, and hearing loss for people working on boats. Join us to hear about methods for dampening sound and vibration on your vessel, and about the impacts of long-term noise impact on hearing, mental health, and well-being.

Listen and find transcripts: www.coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod

A podcast about wellness and safety on the water

26/07/2022

Big thanks to the folks over at Food Tank for this great article about the Fishing Forward Podcast! Featuring interviews with Maine Coast Fishermen's Association's Monique Coombs, Hannah L. Harrison, and the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety - NEC's Julie Sorensen and Rebecca Weil.

https://foodtank.com/news/2022/07/sparking-conversations-in-health-and-wellbeing-through-the-fishing-forward-podcast/

You can listen to the podcast and find transcripts at our website: www.coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod

A podcast discusses health and wellness challenges in commercial fishing and explores solutions for limiting risk in the industry.

22/07/2022

Fishing Forward co-host Hannah Harrison was featured on Global Halifax this morning talking about our latest podcast episodes and the human side of seafood. Check out her interview!

15/07/2022

Episode 15 is now live, and this week we're talking about some of the biggest challenges to North American commercial fisheries right now: finding crew, aging fleets, and privatization. Tune in to hear from Texas Shrimp Association's Andrea Hance and Ocean Strategies Jessica Hathaway (pictured), who is also the former editor of National Fisherman Magazine.

Listen here: www.coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod

Photo courtesy of Jessica Hathaway.

11/07/2022

Are you caught up on the Fishing Forward Podcast? Episode 15 comes out on Friday, so now is a perfect time to catch up on our current episodes.

Each episode features interviews with fishermen and topic experts on issues such as: sleep deprivation, access to health care, caffeine use, stress and anxiety, moral injury, and more.

Find all our current episodes and transcripts on our website:
www.coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod

Photo credit: Hannah Harrison

08/07/2022

*SOUND ON!*

Fishing Forward is approaching the end of our series, so we're sharing some highlights from past episodes. Get caught up on Episode 7 with this mini-clip, where we hear about some effective strategies to manage sleep deprivation in commercial fisheries.

You can listen to all of our episodes and read transcripts at the Fishing Forward website: www.coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod

01/07/2022

Episode 14 of is now live!

This week, we hear from Dr. Shannon Guillot-Wright and Fishing Partnership Support Services health navigator Deb Kelsey about some of the challenges commercial fishermen in getting access to health care, and the different services they are bringing straight to the docks to bridge that gap.

You can listen to this episode and find transcripts at www.coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod

Content warning: this episode features discussions of opioid use, substance use disorders, and accidental death related to opioid use.

Photo courtesy of Dr. Shannon Guillot-Wright.

29/06/2022

Did you miss some of our earlier episodes? Check out this clip from Episode 3 where Alaskan fisherman Cynthia Adams shares her best tips and tricks for preparing nutritious meals while at sea.

You can listen to the full episode here: https://soundcloud.com/fishingforwardpodcast/episode-3-diet-and-nutrition

Catch up with all 13 of our episodes at the Fishing Forward website: www.coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod

And stay tuned this Friday for the release of Episode 14!

20/06/2022

Episode 13 of Fishing Forward is now live! This week, we hear from commercial fisherman-turned-priest Gordon Blue who talks about how his fishing career led him to caring about the health and well-being of fishermen who are living and working with pain and precarity. He shares a poignant perspective about how society can better care for our food providers, and how fishermen who are struggling can find the support they need.

Listen and find transcripts on the Coastal Routes website: www.coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod

03/06/2022

Pain, whether acute or chronic, is a regular feature of working in the commercial fishing industry. But fishermen are limited in their choices for pain management due to the nature of their demanding work. So, what can fishermen do when they are injured, but can't stay home to recover? How does pain management sometimes leave fishermen vulnerable to substance use disorders? In this episode, we hear from researcher Scott Fulmer who talks about the 'pain pipeline' in commercial fisheries.

Listen to Episode 12 and find transcripts for our podcast on the Coastal Routes website: www.coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod

30/05/2022

Anxiety and stress are a regular feature of commercial fishing life. But what toll can they have on fishermen, especially when many aspects of the industry are out of their control? In this episode, we hear about how Alaskan salmon fisherman Brian Harrison deals with stress at sea, and from Dr. Travis Hall about the phenomena of moral injury, and how it can impact fishermen's mental state over time.

Listen to Episode 11 and find transcripts for our podcast here: www.coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod

Photo credit: Suzanne Haines
Photo: Brian Harrison departs from his home port of Homer, Alaska on board the salmon gillnetter F/V Elizabeth Lee.

26/05/2022

Brain fog is just the start when it comes to consequences of chronic sleep loss. In Episode 6 of Fishing Forward, a neuroscientist explores this subject and introduces ways that fishermen can make up for going long stretches without sleep, or with poor quality sleep.

Listen at Fishing Forward Podcast — Coastal Routes, or find the on most streaming apps.

26/05/2022

New episode alert!

Did you know that your sleep can impact how your brain recovers from a traumatic experience? In Episode 10, we hear from Dr. Sean Drummond about the relationship between sleep and PTSD, and from fisherman and safety trainer Russell Kingman about how trauma is dealt with in commercial fishing communities.

Listen: www.coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod

Fishing Partnership Support Services

Photo: Russell Kingman

22/05/2022

Anxiety and stress are a regular feature of commercial fishing life. But what toll can they have on fishermen, especially when many aspects of the industry are out of their control?

In episode 11, we hear about how Alaskan salmon fisherman Brian Harrison deals with stress at sea, and from Dr. Travis Hall about the phenomena of moral injury, and how it can impact fishermen's mental state over time.

Listen and find transcripts: www.coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod

16/05/2022

Did you know that your sleep can impact how your brain recovers from a traumatic experience? In Episode 10, we hear from Dr. Sean Drummond about the relationship between sleep and PTSD, and from fisherman and safety trainer Russell Kingman about how trauma is dealt with in commercial fishing communities.

You can learn more about Dr. Drummond's work by visiting his lab website: https://www.monash.edu/turner-institute/sean-drummond-lab

Learn more about Fishing Partnership Support Services by visiting their page.



Photo credit: Sean Drummond

06/05/2022

Looking back as we approach our 10th episode: Episode 8

For many in , sleep deprivation is unavoidable. Episode 8 talks about some of the tools that fishermen use-- particularly caffeine—to combat fatigue and how they impact the mind and body. Guests include two scallopers—a father and son—who fish out of New Bedford, MA, a squid and scallop fisherman from Rhode Island, and a U.S. army major who studies how humans thrive in extreme environments under extreme stress.

Listen at https://coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod

You can also find the podcast on most major streaming apps.

04/05/2022

Looking back as we approach our 10th episode: Episode 7

Maximizing what little sleep you might get is the theme of this episode. Neuroscientist Bryce Mander provides advice for commercial fisherman. Anna Borland-Ivy shares how she has managed as a longtime fisherman in Alaska’s Bristol Bay salmon fisheries, which are notoriously short on sleep.

Listen to Episode 7 atwww.coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod or find the Fishing Forward Podcast on most major streaming platforms.

02/05/2022

Looking back as we approach our 10th episode: Episode 5

Tomi Marsh—long-time fisherman, boat chef and cookbook author—entertains us with stories of cooking aboard fishing boats, the importance of food in building boat-to-boat relationships, and the ways she has seen the industry change over the years

Listen to the full episode or read the transcripts here: www.coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod

Tomi has co-authored a cookbook! You can find it through Amazon or through your local book retailer.

Transcripts for this and all of our episodes are available at www.coastalroutes.org/ff-transcripts

01/05/2022

Looking back as we approach our 10th episode: Episode 4

“The crew used to joke with me that I had a crick in my finger, because it always had a coffee cup hanging onto it….for 20 years, I averaged 30 to 40 cups of coffee a day…I could just have finished downing a couple cups of coffee when all of a sudden it looks like the current changed, and I've got a nap coming. My head hits the pillow, and I'm gone.” - John Corbin, Pacific Northwest fisherman, contributing to our 4th podcast episode on hydration habits along with Marion Edwin of WorkSafe in New Zealand and Maine dietician Hillary Pride.

Listen and find transcripts here: www.coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod
Or find us on most major streaming platforms.

29/04/2022

Looking back as we approach our 10th episode: Episode 3

Southeast Alaska commercial salmon fisherman Cynthia Adams (IG: ) shares how she sees food as a way to keep her decision-making sound. We also hear stories about balancing sleep and eating from Dungeness crab fisherman John Corbin and advice on balancing your boat diet from Maine dietitian Hillary Pride.

Listen and find transcripts here: www.coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod
Or find us on most major streaming platforms!

28/04/2022

Looking back as we approach our 10th episode: Episode 2

At 6’ 4”, fisherman Eric Jordan talks about adapting his power troller so that crew of all sizes and skillsets—including his kids, 5’ 3” wife and 70+-year-old mother—can bring in a high-volume of salmon or lingcod without crew burnout or injuries from fast-paced, highly repetitive work.

Listen to Eric and to guest Monique Coombs, of Maine Coast Fishermen's Association on Episode 2 of the Fishing Forward Podcast, found at coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod and on most major podcast streaming apps.

27/04/2022

We're counting UP to our 10th episode of the Fishing Forward podcast!

Episode 1 establishes our podcast's basic theme—fishing is much like the job of a professional athlete. It takes stamina, mental and physical, especially during those intense seasonal pushes. Two specialists in fishing-related injuries join this episode to talk about what fishermen can do to help prevent stress related injuries on the job.

Listen at coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod or find us on most major podcast streaming platforms.

26/04/2022

Have you heard our most recent episode? Listen in to learn how shore-bound family members of commercial fishing families cope with long periods away from their loved ones.

Listen here: www.coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod

The Fishing Forward is a podcast inspired by fishermen, for fishermen, featuring discussions from scientific experts and fishermen on health, safety, and staying shipshape in the commercial fishing industry. Fishing Forward funded and produced by the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety, and by the Coastal Routes Radio team at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada.

Fishing Forward is hosted by Dr. Hannah Harrison () and Dr. Philip Loring () at the University of Guelph.

Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety (necenter.org/)
Coastal Routes Project (www.coastalroutes.org)

In this episode we heard from:
Dr. Wendy Troxel, behavioral and social scientist at the RAND corporation (wendytroxel.com)
Taunette Dixon of Newport Fishermen's Wives (www.newportfishermenswives.com/)

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Transcripts for this episode are available at www.coastalroutes.org/ff-transcripts.

22/04/2022

How do you sleep if your partner keeps odd hours? How do fishing families adjust from long periods of sleeping solo, to sharing a bed again? How do shore-bound family members of commercial fishing families cope with long periods away from their loved ones? Join us in episode 9 to hear answers to these questions, and learn tips and tricks for healthy relationships in fishing families.

Listen here: www.coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod

The Fishing Forward is a podcast inspired by fishermen, for fishermen, featuring discussions from scientific experts and fishermen on health, safety, and staying shipshape in the commercial fishing industry. Fishing Forward funded and produced by the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety, and by the Coastal Routes Radio team at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada.

In this episode we heard from:
Dr. Wendy Troxel, behavioral and social scientist at the RAND corporation (wendytroxel.com)
Taunette Dixon of Newport Fishermen's Wives (www.newportfishermenswives.com/)

You can find Dr. Troxel on social media:
Twitter:
Instagram:

Transcripts for this episode are available at www.coastalroutes.org/ff-transcripts.

Fishing Forward is hosted by Dr. Hannah Harrison () and Dr. Philip Loring () at the University of Guelph.

Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety (necenter.org/)
Coastal Routes Project (www.coastalroutes.org)

18/04/2022

How do commercial fishermen stay awake during the long hours of their work? Coffee? Energy drinks? How do these stimulants affect their bodies and brains? In this episode, we hear from Dr. Allison Brager and scallop fishermen Tom and Hunter Lees in New Bedford, Mass and Denny St. Amand in Rhode Island to hear how energy drinks impact our brains, and how these stimulants are being used in the industry.

Listen to the full episode ( #8) here: www.coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod

Transcripts for this and all of our episodes are available at www.coastalroutes.org/ff-transcripts.

And, you can now leave us feedback! Listen to the credits for details on how to call or email in your ideas and comments.



Photo credit: Tom Lees