Connecting to Kenya Through Fish

June 04, 2008 at 4:56 pm

For many dedicated anglers, fishing is more than pulling large, toothy, scaly creatures out of the water and onto the dinner table.

It may be a form of recreation or a way to connect with the land or to teach children about respect, life and death.

While we each have our own reasons, as long as we respect this great resource there is room for all of us.

While I try my best to be a conscientious angler, I could probably give back more to the environment, my community and fish. It is for this reason I hold great value in my new friendship with Susan Thompson.

Susan is a Yukoner, who works with fish and goes well beyond “acting locally and thinking globally”. By day she is the Department of Environment, Fisheries Management biologist who crusades for Yukon fish habitat, their stocks and recreational angling opportunities.

By night, she relentlessly works to build capacity development programs in rural Africa.

Susan spends three months a year in Kenya operating her own grass-roots program focused on fish farming, sewing, sports and education. Her mainstay is assisting fish-farming co-ops where local people raise Talapia and/or catfish to sell at markets.....

To read the full story in “Been There Fished That” follow this link to the May 30th edition of What’s Up Yukon. 

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