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Roe, roe, roe your boat

Herring eggs —or roe—are a popular delicacy in Japan, and a big business. But herring eggs are also a big part of the Haíɫzaqv way of life. Jordan compares the industrial "sac-roe" fishery with the Haíɫzaqv's sustainable practice of harvesting "roe on kelp".

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Debate the method: Students weigh the pros and cons of the herring roe industry and debate which herring roe harvest method is best!

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  • Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management Department
  • Dalhousie University
  • Fisheries and Oceans Canada
  • Ocean Frontier Institute

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WRITTEN, DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY

Scott Simpson

NARRATION WRITTEN BY

Josh McDonald

PRODUCTION (SCIENCE)

Sonya Lee, Lucija Prelovec

PRODUCTION (EDUCATION)

Heather Delagran, Emily Sheepy

LINE PRODUCER

Jessica Brown

PARTICIPANTS

Jordan Wilson, Kelly Brown, Boris Worm, Howard Humchitt, Louisa Jones

NARRATION

Jordan Wilson

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Nick Hawkins

EDITOR

Andrew MacCormack

LOCATION SOUND

Zan Rosborough

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

Jordan Wilson

ASSISTANT EDITORS

Madeline Toal, David Mullins

SOUND DESIGN AND EDIT

VillageWorks Content Co.

ARCHIVES

Pacific Wild

COLOURIST AND ONLINE EDITOR

Serge Verreault

SOUND MIX

Luc Léger

RECORDING SERVICES

Canadian Sound Concepts Ltd., Connection Productions

TRANSLATION

Jessica Hould-Fortin, Michèle Banks, Laurence Savage-Duguay

ACCESSIBILITY

Described Video Canada, Difuze

ACTIVITY WRITERS

Heather Delagran, Emily Sheepy, Erika Sullivan

ACTIVITY GRAPHIC DESIGN

Erika Sullivan, Nada Jreidini

ACTIVITY VALIDATION

Ayla Brown

HEILTSUK NARRATION

Elder Elizabeth Brown

PEDAGOGICAL ADVISORS

Ayla Brown, Anita Hall, Dawn Hall, Leandria Carpenter, Johanna Gordon-Walker

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Jac Gautreau

SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR

Boris Worm

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