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After reading, I'm less interested in a black iceberg as much as now wondering what a fish harvester is as it's not a term I've seen before. Have we changed the term to reflect the vast quantities of fish that fisherman is inadequate?


It’s a local quirk of the Canadian fish industry more than anything. DFO uses the phrase in their fishery notices: https://www.nfl.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/en/node/2377

The history page of the local union, they use the phrase “fish harvesters” rather interchangeably with “fishermen”: https://ffaw.ca/about-us/history/


It could be to make fishermen gender neutral, but I think it is to hide the fact that you are essentially killing the fish by the thousands, letting them suffocate. Fish harvesting sounds innocent and PG 13.


There's a union or collective bargaining guild that has trademarked the term Professional Fish Harvester in Canada. #PFHCB


Fisherman: catches fish

Fish harvester: might catch fish, but might also be the one that cleans/processes them and isn't actually involved in pulling the fish out of the water


I am guessing that it is a translation artifact.


Seems to be in use in primarily English contexts.

https://www.alaskasafetyalliance.org/explore-careers/maritim...


Newfoundland is predominantly English-speaking, so it's unlikely this reporter used anything else when preparing this story.


>Newfoundland is predominantly English-speaking

That's quite generous of you to say.


For anyone wondering, over 98% of Newfoundland's population speaks only English.

https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/society/language.php


Yeah, Newfies speak English just like Scottish speak English. Those words might be English, but it's the phrasing that makes no sense.


What're you at 'der b'y?


Can confirm, I've only ever heard a chain of the word "woof" from a newfie.


Yes b'y, Newfoundland English is best kind sure.


Newfoundlanders you mean.


Fairly sure Newfie is broadly used as a colloquial term of endearment in the rest of Canada, by Newfoundlanders and non-Newfoundlanders. There's just too many syllables


How about Newfoundland-and-Labradorean? It's funny that the only ones insulted by Newfie are the non-newfies.


I am a Newfoundlander and I don’t appreciate that term.


It is not. It is insulting and derogatory. Don’t use it thanks.


While that's not how it's ever been used in my life, I can accept that it's perfectly valid for you and presumably many others to feel differently.

Having grown up with so much predominantly east coast originating comedy, and around so many Newfoundland diaspora, I guess it never occurred to me that there was any real negative connotation whatsoever, beyond poking a bit of fun at some of the presumably antiquated cultural stereotypical differences via self-deprecating jokes that most people from smaller places have their own versions of and don't take too seriously.


Curious that.

The English did force the French population out of there and down the Mississippi to become Cajuns.

And the children of the native Abenaki population were sent to English Schools.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Acadians


   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_system


Acadians were in Nova Scotia. There were already a bunch of French in New Orleans/Louisiana. Hence "Louis"iana, new "Orleans", "De-troit" etc. It was all new France.

And the residential schools happened well after the formation of Canada, and a lot of happened at the behest of the Catholic Church (ie: French Canadians). see Vital Grandin.


Well sure. Lots of shitty things were done that caused the current state of affairs to come into being.

I was just describing the present day, not defending whatbwas done to create it.


It makes sense in the context of fish farming. Not sure if that's what this is, though. Harvesting doesn't sound appropriate for catching wild fish.


FWIW, it's a reasonably common euphemism in hunting. Example:

"Deer and elk harvested from certain hunt zones must be tested." https://wildlife.ca.gov/hunting/deer


Might one say fish harvesters capture "exponentially more fish"? (Sorry, couldn't resist...)


I think it might be a gender-neutral version of fisherman. Not something like a factory ship.


It's a horrible alternative lol


Wait until you have to deal with the horror of gender specific icebergs!

“It's not only that he is all black. He is almost ... in a diamond shape”


ohhh, I thought it was the boat




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