Surf & Turf: a seafood justice podcast

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.

Surf & Turf: a seafood justice podcast is a society podcast hosted by Dr. Caroline Ferguson Irlanda, with 29 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Dr. Caroline Ferguson Irlanda hosts Surf & Turf: a seafood justice podcast, a society show with 29 episodes published.

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  Episode #2

  Donella Miller & Elaine Harvey, culture and contamination on the Columbia River

  Jun 25, 202553 minS4

  <p>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 River Basin. We also learn about a Tribal vision for energy justice.</p>CRITFC website: https://critfc.org/Buy fresh fish!: https://critfc.org/harvest/Follow CRITFC on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/critfc/

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  Travis Dardar, fighting LNG in Louisiana

  Mar 16, 202531 minS4

  <p>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" energy, but in reality it is entrenching the power and pollution of the oil and gas industry, threatening the livelihoods and health of families living nearby, including fishing families. Travis is an inspiring leader and activist, and an unwitting one. </p><p>Fishermen Involved in Sustaining our Heritage (F.I.S.H.): </p>https://www.fishermenfightback.org/Instagram: @fishermenfightback

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  Episode #5

  Sari Heidenreich, forced labor in imported seafood

  Apr 17, 202441 minS3

  <p>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 the conditions that have created and perpetuated this problem, the challenges workers face, and some possible pathways toward solutions. This conversation highlights the importance of knowing who caught our seafood to make ethical choices that nourish our bodies and those of everyone laboring in the seafood system.</p>Greenpeace USA Global Fisheries websiteFake My Catch report on canned tuna traceability

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  Episode #4

  Shannon Guillot-Wright, providing direct services to fishermen and seafood processing workers in the Gulf of Mexico

  Mar 29, 202429 minS3

  <p>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. <br/><br/>Follow Shannon's lab at UTHealth on Instagram @PEOPLE_Centered </p>

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  Episode #3

  Amal Bouhabib, racial and migrant justice on catfish farms

  Dec 25, 202331 minS3

  <p>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 defending migrant workers, who also face abuse in this system. We discuss this case and the complexities of labor and immigration laws that lead to vulnerabilities for American and migrant workers alike in our seafood system.<br/><br/>Follow Amal and Southern Migrant Legal Services at:</p>Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid (TRLA) website: https://www.trla.org/ TRLA Instagram: @texasriograndelegalaid<p>Read more a...

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