Today is the last full day on our trip through southern Labrador. We met with fishermen, our Marine Species at Risk observers, along the way. There are about 100 observers throughout Quebec’s Lower North Shore, southern Labrador, and western Newfoundland. All of the communities we visited seemed to welcome us. The goal of this trip was to catch up with our current observers, but it was as important to meet new fishermen and explain our program to them. Pinset’s Arm, a fishing community of 63 residents, was overjoyed to see unfamiliar faces. It is located almost an hour off the main road, so anything new is a real excitement. We introduced ourselves and explained the program, and several fishermen shared valuable information. Someone we met fishes 180 miles off the coast of Greenland for 30-40 days at a time and catches endangered Greenland sharks almost every day. Any information on sharks of the Lower North Shore/southern Labrador is valuable to QLF because not much is known about the marine life in this region.
I tried bakeapple, a local berry grown only in this region, for the first time during this trip. An observer and friend of QLF, Daryl, invited me, Kendrick, Trish, and Sophia over to his house in Cartwright. His wife made us bakeapple cheesecake. Amazing! We even obtained a killer (orca) whale video and pictures taken last year from him.
This upcoming week, I will be working on the Blanc Sablon Radio Show and advertising for the QLF camp with Rebecca, a QLF intern who lives in the residence with me. We will introduce ourselves and offer environmental/community news and a music segment.
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