This week, we’re taking a deep dive into fishing! We’ll explore the business, the hobby, and yummy seafood recipes. These stories are sure to keep you hooked and make you say, “Holy Mackerel!”
Yours in media,
Elizabeth He, Visual Communications Editor
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Fishy Business
“Catching the Codfather” Podcast
Carlos “The Codfather” Rafael dominated the fishing port in New Bedford, Mass., the most valuable one in the U.S., and no one was quite sure how he did it. But in 2015, when undercover federal agents offered to buy his business, Carlos opened his books. Who is Carlos “The Codfather” Rafael really – a folk hero, a crook, a righteous rebel, or a selfish conman?
Lobster Roll Lovers Are Feeling the Pinch This Year
The high cost of lobster rolls in New England this year is real, but how long will it last? We asked local seafood merchants to find out.
Boston Harbor Welcomes Back Shellfish Harvesting
For the first time in decades, water quality has improved enough to reclassify certain areas of the Harbor to allow shellfishing for human consumption. Hooray!
NOVA: Sea Change: Bounty in the Gulf of Maine
Discover the Gulf of Maine and how its bounty was forever changed by a global appetite for fish. Now with the Gulf warming faster than 97 percent of the world’s oceans, witness how wildlife and people are adapting to rapid change.
Catching Fish
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Whaling in America Image Gallery
Whaling has captured Americans’ imaginations since settlers first landed in the New World. Whaling’s popularity as well as the industry’s violence were immortalized through maps, paintings, and photographs. Flip through this image gallery – and while you’re at it, listen to this sea shanty, “Bonnie Ship the Diamond.”
Weekends with Yankee: Exploring New England by Land & Sea
Host Richard Wiese explores Stowe, Vermont and goes fly fishing on the Lamoille River. Here’s your next fishing spot!
GBH Forum Network: David Gullette Reads Poems on Fishing
Poet and performer David Gullette honors of one of greatest pastimes: fishing. He reads aloud fishing-inspired verse and prose from Elizabeth Bishop, Henry David Thoreau, and Billy Collins, among others. Who knew casting a rod could be so poetic?
The Culture Show“ Podcast: Moby-Dick Marathon in New Bedford
Producer Max Chow-Gillette takes listeners inside 25 hours of the 30th Moby-Dick marathon, an annual voyage at the New Bedford Whaling Museum where Melville enthusiasts read the entire novel aloud. Hear about the experience.
The Best of the Joy of Painting with Bob Ross: Fisherman’s Paradise
In the golden glow of sunrise, join Bob Ross for a uniquely framed look at early morn on the water. Remember, ”there are no mistakes, only happy accidents.“
Recipe of the Week
Ginger-Scallion Steamed Cod
Milk Street Television Cook Lynn Clark prepares this dish in an episode dedicated to bringing Chinese cooking techniques to the home kitchen. Try using this foolproof method to ensure the fish is perfectly moist. Let’s bring on the steam!
Fish Feast
- Visit the coastline of Helgeland in northern Norway, and watch how to prepare smoked Greenland halibut, pickled halibut, baked halibut, and finally, pan-fried halibut served with veal demi-glace. The options are endless on New Scandinavian Cooking: The Holy Fish.
- A Cambridge chef says you should eat more of this invasive species. It’s good for you and for the Earth.
- With demand for fish and seafood on the rise, creative approaches are diversifying seafood diets and menus worldwide. Hope in the Water: Changing the Menu follows these positive impacts.
- Virginia’s Eastern Shore is one of timeless tradition and continuous environmental change. Oysters and crabs tell the story of this region in Roadfood.
Dive Into America 250
Remembering the Ladies of Massachusetts
Senate President Karen Spilka and Massachusetts Women’s History Center President Fredie Kay recognize the often-overlooked achievement of Massachusetts women. Learn how they made ”herstory.“
Off Topic
- Experts with opposing views explore the challenges and dilemmas around online sports gambling. Watch BREAKING the DEADLOCK: Gambling With Your Life here.
- Why does thinking too hard ruin your rhythm? Neuroscientist Heather Berlin unpacks the science of flow states with the ”Particles of Thought“ podcast, from the producers of NOVA.
- GBH News is hosting community listening sessions in all 26 Gateway Cities in an initiative we are calling 26 in 26. GBH News Community Producer Magdiela Matta explains why.
