Surf & Turf is a seafood justice podcast that dives deep into the complex and often overlooked issues of access, equity, and justice in the U.S. seafood system. From the docks to the dinner plate, seafood supports communities and economies up and down the coasts, but social, political, and environmental conditions pose significant challenges to the health and well-being of the people who rely on fish for their food and livelihoods. Each week, host Dr. Caroline Ferguson speaks with an extraordinary individual working to create a more just seafood system that nourishes us all.
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About the host
Dr. Caroline Ferguson Irlanda hosts Surf & Turf: a seafood justice podcast, a society show with 29 episodes published.
Donella Miller & Elaine Harvey, culture and contamination on the Columbia River
Jun 25, 202552mEp. 2S4
My guests from the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Donella Miller and Elaine Harvey, discuss the many sources of contamination that threaten the health and culture of the Indigenous people of the Columbia Ri
Travis Dardar, fighting LNG in Louisiana
Mar 16, 202530mEp. 1S4
Travis Dardar is an Indigenous and commercial fisherman in Cameron, Louisiana who is fighting not just for his heritage but for the very lives of his loved ones. Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) is marketed as a "transition" ene
Sari Heidenreich, forced labor in imported seafood
Apr 18, 202441mEp. 5S3
Sari Heidenrich joins guest host Liliana Sierra Castillo to talk about forced labor in seafood. Forced labor is sadly a reality for many people working in imported seafood supply chains. Sari (Greenpeace USA) discusses t
Shannon Guillot-Wright, providing direct services to fishermen and seafood processing workers in the Gulf of Mexico
Mar 29, 202428mEp. 4S3
Shannon Guillot-Wright, PhD, is working to directly address medical, immigration, and social needs for fishermen and seafood processing workers in precarious, dangerous, and vulnerable jobs at the Texas-Louisiana border.
Amal Bouhabib, racial and migrant justice on catfish farms
Dec 26, 202331mEp. 3S3
Amal Bouhabib is the Director of Southern Migrant Legal Services and defender of the Black catfish farmworkers who were paid less than white migrant workers from South Africa doing the same work. Amal is usually defendin
Kirby Page & Radhika Sharma, food service worker justice
Dec 20, 202335mEp. 2S3
Kirby Page and Radhika Sharma of Studio ATAO join me to discuss food service and hospitality workers. We talk about the hurdles these workers face to decent working conditions and education about the food system and buil
Kirby Page & Radhika Sharma, food service worker justice
Dec 19, 202335mEp. 2S3
Kirby Page and Radhika Sharma of Studio ATAO are organizing and education food service and hospitality workers for a better food system for everyone. Visit: https://www.studioatao.org/ Follow: Facebook: Studio ATAOInstag
J.J. Bartlett, health, safety, and economic security for commercial fishermen
Dec 13, 202335mEp. 1S3
J.J. Bartlett and his organization Fishing Partnership have been supporting the health, safety, and economic security of commercial fishermen since 1997. Visit: www.fishingpartnership.orgFollow:Facebook: Fishing Partners
Dr. Rachel Donkersloot, the costs of market-based fishing rights
Nov 6, 202338mEp. 11S2
Dr. Rachel Donkersloot shares her research findings on how market-based fishing rights have disproportionately harmed rural, Indigenous, and low-income fishermen in Alaska. She discusses the community impacts of the comm
Mary Hill, oystering as resistance
Sep 25, 20231h 42mEp. 10S2
It is my great honor to share the oral history of Mary Hill and her late, beloved mother, Marie Hill. Mary is a 7th generation African-American oyster harvester in Chesapeake Bay, who has worked tirelessly in the struggl
Joshua Brown, making policy to address the graying of the fleet
Sep 18, 202330mEp. 9S2
Joshua Brown is the environmental literacy and workforce development lead at National Sea Grant in D.C. He joins us to talk about the Young Fishermen's Development Act, a piece of legislation that aims to address the gra
Andrea Tomlinson, supporting young fishermen and women
Aug 14, 202338mEp. 8S2
Why aren't young people entering fisheries in the same numbers as generations past? How is this trend impacting coastal communities in New England? Andrea Tomlinson and the New England Young Fishermen's Alliance are out
Tony Sutton, Native American food passage and seafood contamination
Jul 31, 202342mEp. 7S2
Prof. Tony Sutton breaks down the binary between Indigenous and non-Indigenous food, examines the long history of privatization in North America dating back to the Doctrine of Discovery, and shares his research on--as we
Will Sennott, Wall Street & foreign ownership of US fishing rights
Jul 10, 202326mEp. 6S2
Will Sennott is an investigative reporter at The New Bedford Light and ProPublica. Will's explosive reporting has exposed the troubling extent of private equity and foreign ownership of fishing rights in New Bedford, Ame
Brett Tolley, catch shares and the souls of fishing communities
Jul 2, 202336mEp. 5S2
Brett Tolley is an advocate for community-based fisheries, fighting for the next generation of fishermen as the National Program Coordinator for the North American Marine Alliance (NAMA). Brett shares his personal experi
BONUS: Brynn Comeaux, resisting displacement and loss in Louisiana
Jun 29, 202343mEp. 4S2
In this special bonus episode with guest host Liliana Sierra Castillo, Brynn Comeaux of the New Orleans Food Policy Action Council discusses the complex relationship between local communities and the oil and gas industry
Nicolás Gómez Andújar, seafood sovereignty in Culebra, Puerto Rico
Jun 26, 202351mEp. 3S2
Nico is an organizer, scholar, and sometimes fisherman on his home island of Culebra in Puerto Rico. He share his insights on the limitations and possibilities for seafood sovereignty in the context of rapid privatizatio
Queen Quet, protecting St. Helena Island from development (destructionment)
Jun 18, 202330mEp. 2S2
Queen Quet, Chieftess of Gullah/Geechee Nation, celebrates their victories over a would-be developer (as she says, "destructioneer") attempting to privatize beautiful and culturally significant St. Helena Island for a go
Danielle Ringer, commodification of fishing access rights and managing for well-being in Kodiak, Alaska
Jun 5, 202342mEp. 1S2
Danielle Ringer is a commercial fisherman and fisheries anthropologist based in Kodiak, Alaska. She shares her firsthand experience and research on the "graying of the fleet" trend, privatization and commodification of f
BONUS: Bryan Galligan, SJ on faith, solidarity, white saviorism, and justice
Jun 4, 202333mEp. 11S1
For this very special bonus episode, I am joined by Jesuit scholastic Bryan Galligan to discuss how his Catholic faith motivates his work in nutritional and social justice, how to move in solidarity while supporting comm
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