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I wore this in our engagement photos. ๐Ÿ˜‚ โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Happy Monday, y'all!โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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#fishingboats #commercialfishing #eatwild #knowyourfisherman #fishingvessel #commercialfisherman #lobsterlife #wildcaughtfish #wildcaughtseafood #localfisherman #commercialfishingpics #eatlocalseafood #commercialfisherman #commercialfishingboat #americanseafood #commercialfishingfamily #commercialfishingindustry #partnerofacommercialfisherman #commercialfishingwoman #pcfishermen #pcfisherman #pocfishermen #pocfisherman #pocf
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Seafood processing is a middle step between fishermen and your dinner plate. Cold, wet, repetitive, hard f*cking work, I learned through @seafood_and_gender_equality (or SAGE) that around 85% of people who do it are women, mostly foreign-born bc US-born workers aren't willing to take on the work.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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It's a side of the industry that isn't recognized, but SAGE dedicates its powers to turn that around. A full Q&A w/ founder Julie Kuchepatov is on meganwaldre.com. "SAGE: Help Women & Environ. w/ Seafood? Read This" is online now.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
๐ŸŸLink in Bio!๐ŸŸโ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
๐Ÿ“ธ via SAGE โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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#seafoodsmize #seaquality #genderequality #seafoodprocessing #fishprocessing #womeninseafood #fishingboats #commercialfishing #eatwild #knowyourfisherman #fishingvessel #commercialfisherman #lobsterlife #wildcaughtfish #wildcaughtseafood #localfisherman #commercialfishingpics #eatlocalseafood #commercialfisherman #commercialfishingboat #americanseafood #commercialfishingfamily #commercialfishingindustry #partnerofacommercialfisherman #commercialfishingwoman #pcfishermen #pcfisherman #pocfishermen #pocfisherman #pocf
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Can't believe I didn't shop this before: U.S. Wild-caught seafood at @traderjoes that's *affordable!* (bc isn't that why we love Trader's so much?)โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
A list of American seafood items you can snag on your next TJ run is on meganwaldrep.com. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
๐ŸŸLink in bio!๐ŸŸ โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
Would you or do you buy seafood at Trader Joe's?๐Ÿค”โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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#traderjoes #traderjoesseafood #fishingboats #commercialfishing #eatwild #knowyourfisherman #fishingvessel #commercialfisherman #lobsterlife #wildcaughtfish #wildcaughtseafood #localfisherman #commercialfishingpics #eatlocalseafood #commercialfisherman #commercialfishingboat #americanseafood #commercialfishingfamily #commercialfishingindustry #partnerofacommercialfisherman #commercialfishingwoman #pcfishermen #pcfisherman #pocfishermen #pocfisherman #pocf
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#7: When you date a commercial fisherman, each reunion after a long season gives you that butterflies-in-the-stomach feeling you had on the first day you met.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
Youโ€™ll notice his face is a bit scruffier, his hair is a bit longer, and his hands are a bit scarred from nets and traps.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
Youโ€™ll admire his body, more defined and muscular than the last time you saw him.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
Youโ€™ll realize that manual labor pays off for you both in more ways than one. (Am I right, ladies? ๐Ÿ˜œ)โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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What do you and your fisherman like to do when he gets back from a long season?โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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#fishingboats #commercialfishing #eatwild #knowyourfisherman #fishingvessel #commercialfisherman #lobsterlife #wildcaughtfish #wildcaughtseafood #localfisherman #commercialfishingpics #eatlocalseafood #commercialfisherman #commercialfishingboat #americanseafood #commercialfishingfamily #commercialfishingindustry #partnerofacommercialfisherman #commercialfishingwoman #pcfishermen #pcfisherman #pocfishermen #pocfisherman #pocf
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Y'all: @TraderJoes has at least 9 wild-caught seafood items caught by American fishermen! Hell yeah! And since Chris commercially fishes sockeye salmon in Bristol Bay, Alaska, each summer, the fish in this can may have been caught by Chris.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
Just think! Every American wild-caught seafood item you buy in a grocery store may have been caught by the men and women you've met on this feed. Now that's quality seafood & money well spent!
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9 US Wild-Caught seafood items from Trader's is on meganwaldrep.com. Link in bio! ๐ŸŸโ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Speaking of, how do you prepare your fave seafood dish?๐Ÿค”โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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#fishingboats #commercialfishing #eatwild #knowyourfisherman #fishingvessel #commercialfisherman #lobsterlife #wildcaughtfish #wildcaughtseafood #localfisherman #commercialfishingpics #eatlocalseafood #commercialfisherman #commercialfishingboat #americanseafood #commercialfishingfamily #commercialfishingindustry #partnerofacommercialfisherman #commercialfishingwoman #pcfishermen #pcfisherman #pocfishermen #pocfisherman #pocf
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I get nervous when writing about commercial fishing bc after 5 years of dating a fisherman, I still feel like a newbie. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
But now that Chris fishes near our home port, I'm starting to connect the dots. It makes a big difference when you see your partner every week rather than a big catch-up sesh after a long summer season in Alaska. The details of commercial fishing life work better in small doses, but it's easy to say I'm still in the dark for the majority of fishing life.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
BUT! Thatโ€™s why weโ€™re here! To learn from each other and whisper inaudible โ€œWTFsโ€ when we donโ€™t know WTH is going on. My goal is to break it down for you so even the newbies (like me) can understand! Honestly, interviewing those in the industry helps break it down bc I sometimes zone out when Chris tells me. ๐Ÿ˜ฌโ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
This is a piece on the Santa Barbara seafood company @gethookedseafood. Get Hooked is a dock-to-table seafood delivery service that buys from local fishermen to give customers a wide variety of bounty from the sea! First published in the @MontecitoJournal magazine, check it out โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
๐ŸŸon the blog now!๐ŸŸ at meganwaldrep.com!โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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#fishingboats #commercialfishing #eatwild #knowyourfisherman #fishingvessel #commercialfisherman #lobsterlife #wildcaughtfish #wildcaughtseafood #localfisherman #commercialfishingpics #eatlocalseafood #commercialfisherman #commercialfishingboat #americanseafood #commercialfishingfamily #commercialfishingindustry #partnerofacommercialfisherman #commercialfishingwoman #pcfishermen #pcfisherman #pocfishermen #pocfisherman #pocf
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Super impressed by this FaceTime photo with April and her husband Russell. Communicating with your commercial fisherman while heโ€™s at sea is one of the biggest challenges POCFs have! Who is your cell phone network carrier, April? We need to know! โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
(POCF= partners of commercial fishermen๐Ÿ’๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿฟโ€โ™€๏ธ)โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Satellite phones are praised to be the best way to communicate. Some even allow you to see their location! But, if you donโ€™t have one, good 'ol cell phones do the trick. Iโ€™m a huge fan of text messages with way too many emojis. Chris only sees them when he has a signal closer to port, but his messages are full of goodies! Here are some of my favorites to use: ๐Ÿ’‹๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜˜๐Ÿค—๐Ÿฅฐโค๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ’‹โ€๐Ÿ‘จ and even a few ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿฝ for kicks ๐Ÿคฃ. I probably said too much already. My mom follows me on Instagram after all๐Ÿคช.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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What are your favorite emoji combos to message your loved one? Would to see them! Please drop your favorites in the comments below! ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝโ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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#fishingboats #commercialfishing #eatwild #knowyourfisherman #fishingvessel #commercialfisherman #lobsterlife #wildcaughtfish #wildcaughtseafood #localfisherman #commercialfishingpics #eatlocalseafood #commercialfisherman #commercialfishingboat #americanseafood #commercialfishingfamily #commercialfishingindustry #partnerofacommercialfisherman #commercialfishingwoman #pcfishermen #pcfisherman #pocfishermen #pocfisherman #pocf
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I wore this in our engagement photos. ๐Ÿ˜‚ โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Happy Monday, y'all!โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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#fishingboats #commercialfishing #eatwild #knowyourfisherman #fishingvessel #commercialfisherman #lobsterlife #wildcaughtfish #wildcaughtseafood #localfisherman #commercialfishingpics #eatlocalseafood #commercialfisherman #commercialfishingboat #americanseafood #commercialfishingfamily #commercialfishingindustry #partnerofacommercialfisherman #commercialfishingwoman #pcfishermen #pcfisherman #pocfishermen #pocfisherman #pocf
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Seafood processing is a middle step between fishermen and your dinner plate. Cold, wet, repetitive, hard f*cking work, I learned through @seafood_and_gender_equality (or SAGE) that around 85% of people who do it are women, mostly foreign-born bc US-born workers aren't willing to take on the work.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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It's a side of the industry that isn't recognized, but SAGE dedicates its powers to turn that around. A full Q&A w/ founder Julie Kuchepatov is on meganwaldre.com. "SAGE: Help Women & Environ. w/ Seafood? Read This" is online now.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
๐ŸŸLink in Bio!๐ŸŸโ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
๐Ÿ“ธ via SAGE โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
#seafoodsmize #seaquality #genderequality #seafoodprocessing #fishprocessing #womeninseafood #fishingboats #commercialfishing #eatwild #knowyourfisherman #fishingvessel #commercialfisherman #lobsterlife #wildcaughtfish #wildcaughtseafood #localfisherman #commercialfishingpics #eatlocalseafood #commercialfisherman #commercialfishingboat #americanseafood #commercialfishingfamily #commercialfishingindustry #partnerofacommercialfisherman #commercialfishingwoman #pcfishermen #pcfisherman #pocfishermen #pocfisherman #pocf
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Can't believe I didn't shop this before: U.S. Wild-caught seafood at @traderjoes that's *affordable!* (bc isn't that why we love Trader's so much?)โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
A list of American seafood items you can snag on your next TJ run is on meganwaldrep.com. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
๐ŸŸLink in bio!๐ŸŸ โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
Would you or do you buy seafood at Trader Joe's?๐Ÿค”โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
#traderjoes #traderjoesseafood #fishingboats #commercialfishing #eatwild #knowyourfisherman #fishingvessel #commercialfisherman #lobsterlife #wildcaughtfish #wildcaughtseafood #localfisherman #commercialfishingpics #eatlocalseafood #commercialfisherman #commercialfishingboat #americanseafood #commercialfishingfamily #commercialfishingindustry #partnerofacommercialfisherman #commercialfishingwoman #pcfishermen #pcfisherman #pocfishermen #pocfisherman #pocf
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#7: When you date a commercial fisherman, each reunion after a long season gives you that butterflies-in-the-stomach feeling you had on the first day you met.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
Youโ€™ll notice his face is a bit scruffier, his hair is a bit longer, and his hands are a bit scarred from nets and traps.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
Youโ€™ll admire his body, more defined and muscular than the last time you saw him.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
Youโ€™ll realize that manual labor pays off for you both in more ways than one. (Am I right, ladies? ๐Ÿ˜œ)โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
What do you and your fisherman like to do when he gets back from a long season?โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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#fishingboats #commercialfishing #eatwild #knowyourfisherman #fishingvessel #commercialfisherman #lobsterlife #wildcaughtfish #wildcaughtseafood #localfisherman #commercialfishingpics #eatlocalseafood #commercialfisherman #commercialfishingboat #americanseafood #commercialfishingfamily #commercialfishingindustry #partnerofacommercialfisherman #commercialfishingwoman #pcfishermen #pcfisherman #pocfishermen #pocfisherman #pocf
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