Fishing has long been an occupation where most workers are men. Yet a recent study found that women are responsible for a substantial part of the world’s fishing industry. The study suggests that their work in fisheries is changing. Women have jobs processing and marketing seafood. They also collect clams and other shellfish. Sara Skamser has worked in and around commercial fishing for much of her adult life. When she was in her early twenties, Skamser started earning money by fishing and crabbing along the coast of Oregon. Eventually, she wanted to work on bigger fishing boats to earn more money. But the operators of those boats never offered her a job. She said they would all tell her “no”, and say things like, ‘I know you could do the job, and you're probably stronger than me. But I don't think my wife would like it.’ Others would say, ‘I would feel terrible if you got hurt on my boat.’ Skamser said she received rejections like these in the early 1980s. Today, women hold fewer than four percent of the commercial fishery permits approved by state governments in the northwestern United States. Gender inequality is also an issue in other countries. In Mexico, Peru, Senegal and Vietnam, four percent or fewer of the workers on fishing boats are women. However, new research suggests that things are beginning to change.
Title: More Women Working in Fishing Industry
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1843/women_fishing.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='More Women Working in Fishing Industry' data-article-id='2360'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8271'>Fishing has long been an occupation where most workers are men.</span> <span data-start-time='8271' data-end-time='20542'>Yet a recent study found that women are responsible for a substantial part of the world’s fishing industry.</span> <span data-start-time='20542' data-end-time='27646'>The study suggests that their work in fisheries is changing.</span> <span data-start-time='27646' data-end-time='33021'>Women have jobs processing and marketing seafood.</span> <span data-start-time='33021' data-end-time='38500'>They also collect clams and other shellfish.</span> <span data-start-time='38500' data-end-time='48708'>Sara Skamser has worked in and around commercial fishing for much of her adult life.</span> <span data-start-time='48708' data-end-time='60375'>When she was in her early twenties, Skamser started earning money by fishing and crabbing along the coast of Oregon.</span> <span data-start-time='60375' data-end-time='69438'>Eventually, she wanted to work on bigger fishing boats to earn more money.</span> <span data-start-time='69438' data-end-time='76667'>But the operators of those boats never offered her a job.</span> <span data-start-time='76667' data-end-time='87979'>She said they would all tell her “no”, and say things like, ‘I know you could do the job, and you're probably stronger than me.</span> <span data-start-time='87979' data-end-time='91688'>But I don't think my wife would like it.’</span> <span data-start-time='91688' data-end-time='99688'>Others would say, ‘I would feel terrible if you got hurt on my boat.’</span> <span data-start-time='99688' data-end-time='107896'>Skamser said she received rejections like these in the early 1980s.</span> <span data-start-time='107896' data-end-time='122979'>Today, women hold fewer than four percent of the commercial fishery permits approved by state governments in the northwestern United States.</span> <span data-start-time='122979' data-end-time='129396'>Gender inequality is also an issue in other countries.</span> <span data-start-time='129396' data-end-time='143000'>In Mexico, Peru, Senegal and Vietnam, four percent or fewer of the workers on fishing boats are women.</span> <span data-start-time='143000' data-end-time='150021'>However, new research suggests that things are beginning to change.</span> </p></div><div 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1843/go_fishing.m4a'><span>go fishing</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1843/large_amount.m4a'><span>large amount</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1843/less_than_usual.m4a'><span>less than usual</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1843/more_important.m4a'><span>more important</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=8586 data-hint-location='20542' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1843/what_does_the_study_suggest.m4a'>What does the study suggest?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='work is changing'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1843/genders_are_equal.m4a'><span>genders are equal</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1843/men_are_better.m4a'><span>men are better</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1843/women_should_not_fish.m4a'><span>women should not fish</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1843/work_is_changing.m4a'><span>work is changing</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=8587 data-hint-location='33021' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1843/women_collect__blank_.m4a'>Women collect <span class='blank'>clams and shellfish</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='clams and 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