Episode 10: Susie Zagorski and a million tons of fish

Fisherwomen

In this episode I speak with Susie Zagorski, who at the time of our conversation was Field Project Manager for the North Pacific Fisheries Research Foundation. We discuss her research to ensure the sustainability of the Alaska Pollock fishery, the largest fishery in the United States. Since our conversation, Susie has switched jobs and now works as a purser on C/P Starbound, a commercial Alaska pollock fishing vessel (C/P is for “catch/process” and denotes a ship that fishes for a species and processes that species onboard). Our creature feature this week is on swordfish and why they’re literally hotheaded. Submit a creature feature to be aired on the show! Learn more at https://fisherwomenpod.com ResourcesIanelli, James N. and D.L. Stram, 2015. Estimating impacts of the pollock fishery on western Alaska Chinook salmon. ICES Journal of Marine Science 72(4): 1159-1172. https://tinyurl.com/yzwar46v Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch and their consumer guides: https://www.seafoodwatch.org/recommendations/download-consumer-guides Alaska Pollock fishery: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/alaska-pollock California’s swordfish fishery: https://tinyurl.com/4csdbucb B.A. Block. 2011. Endothermy in Tunas, Billfishes, and Sharks. In: Farrell A.P. (editor),Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology: From Genome to Environment (3): 1914–1920. San Diego: Academic Press. https://tinyurl.com/r6mnjtn3 Fritsches, Kerstin A., R.W. Brill, and E.J. Warrant. 2005. Warm eyes provide superior vision in swordfishes. Current Biology 15(1): 55-58. https://tinyurl.com/3b23y662 CreditsThank you to Susie Zagorski for the great cover photo of herself for this episode. Theme mixed by me, using sounds sourced from sfxgo, orangefreesound, and freesound. Please see website for full credits.