145 - Girls Who Fish: Bringing girls and women to fisheries in Canada, Japan and beyond with Dr. Yinji Li

<p class="p1">On this new episode of The Fisheries Podcast, co-host Mirella Leis speaks with guest Dr. Yinji Li about the launch of Girls Who Fish Japan, a sister program to Girls Who Fish Canada that aims to bring girls and women into fisheries, and its importance in increasing women's participation in fisheries.</p> <p class="p1">Dr. Yinji Li is a marine social scientist with a Master's in Fisheries Science and a Ph.D. in Marine Science from the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology in Japan. She is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Marine Science and Technology at Tokai University. Her research interests and expertise lie in small-scale fisheries in Northeast Asian regions centered on Japan. Li is also the Too Big To Ignore (TBTI) Japan Research Network coordinator and the Japan country coordinator of the Vulnerability to Viability Global Partnership (V2V) project and a member of the board of trustees of International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF). </p> <p class="p1">To learn more about Dr. Yinji Li's projects and get in touch, check out the Too Big To Ignore Japan website <a href='http://toobigtoignore.net/tbti-japan/'>http://toobigtoignore.net/tbti-japan/</a> and Twitter <a href='https://twitter.com/TBTI_Japan'>https://twitter.com/TBTI_Japan</a></p> <p class="p1">___________________________________________________________________________</p> <p class="p1">Get in touch with us!</p> <p class="p1">Want to be on the show? Contact co-host Mirella Leis on <a href='https://twitter.com/mirellaleis'>Twitter</a> @mirellaleis.</p> <p class="p1">The Fisheries Podcast is on <a href='https://twitter.com/FisheriesPod'>Twitter</a>, <a href='https://www.instagram.com/fisheriespod/'>Instagram</a>, and <a href='https://www.facebook.com/FisheriesPod'>Facebook</a> @FisheriesPod.</p> <p class="p1">Support the show</p> <p class="p2"><a href='https://www.patreon.com/FisheriesPodcast'>Become a Patron of the Fisheries Podcast</a></p> <p class="p2"><a href='https://teespring.com/stores/