Jenn Verma

Oct 23, 2024 | theindependent.ca | Jenn Verma |Leila Beaudoin |Seasplainer. Jenn |a Pulitzer Grantee

A note from the authors: Dear readers, we have wanted to cover this story for a long time. Given the fishing tragedies this province has endured, we acknowledge this is a difficult subject. This reporting honours those lost at sea, doing what they loved most: fishing. We recognize the collective grief of families, communities and the entire province. We hope this work illuminates what’s going wrong on the water and helps bring more fish harvesters home safely.

Oct 21, 2024 | theindependent.ca | Drew Brown |Leila Beaudoin |Jenn Verma |Abby Cole

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Jun 27, 2024 | theindependent.ca | Jenn Verma |Leila Beaudoin |Last Fish

On Wednesday the Liberal government announced “the historic return of the commercial Northern cod fishery.”“Ending the Northern cod moratorium is a historic milestone for Newfoundlanders and Labradorians,” said Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard Diane Lebouthillier in the announcement.

Feb 7, 2024 | theindependent.ca | Jenn Verma |Leila Beaudoin

“It hurts me to talk about it,” says Brad Genge, a 51-year-old inshore fisherman from Anchor Point, on the west coast of Newfoundland’s northern peninsula. Genge says what should have been a good news story – the Government of Canada’s historic reopening of the east coast commercial redfish fishery – is hitting fishermen in this province hard. “Worst news we could have gotten,” says Genge.

Jan 18, 2024 | theindependent.ca | Leila Beaudoin |Jenn Verma |Drew Brown |Abby Cole

Green hydrogen is the selling feature of a proposed wind farm on the west coast of Newfoundland, but just how green is it, really?