Fishing for Success Best Practices

Fishing for Success (F4S) is a community-based nonprofit social enterprise that works to transmit the intangible cultural heritage of Newfoundland & Labrador’s family fishery while advocating for an inclusive, gender-equitable & sustainable small-scale fishery that can help combat climate change and contribute to food sovereignty through better local seafood access. By partnering with academic researchers, ocean industry organizations, and other nonprofit groups, Fishing for Success has been able to magnify the impact of its work and highlight the very real benefits of fishing for everyone in our community. Programs of Fishing for Success have been copied and brought to places as far away as Japan, identified by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health as a “promising practice,” and recognized for the contribution to academic research by Memorial University of Newfoundland’s President’s Award for public engagement partnership. All this rapid growth and success, though, brings a challenge! This project will provide access for MITACS interns to learning and accessing connections within a dynamic social enterprise, while they contribute to its foundational success and future growth through the production of a Best Practices Guide that can be shared with other communities.

Faculty Supervisor:

Garrett Richards

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Partner:

Fishing for Success

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

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