{"id":310987,"date":"2019-10-30T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T20:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=310987"},"modified":"2019-10-30T06:00:54","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T20:00:54","slug":"youth-on-fishing-why-is-it-important-to-learn-how-to-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/youth-on-fishing-why-is-it-important-to-learn-how-to-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth on fishing: Why is it important to learn how to fish?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With increased efforts to get the CNMI\u2019s youth hooked on fishing, Saipan Tribune asked future fishermen\u2014members of the Youth Fishing Club of the Saipan Fishermen\u2019s Association\u2014why learning how to fish is important.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love fishing and I want to learn more. I want to use the skills that I learn to improve and to keep our marine environment clean.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>\u2014Terrance Changar, 16, Saipan Southern High School<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_310991\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-310991\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-310991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Teerrance-Changar-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-310991\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Changar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf I learn, then I can start going fishing and support my family when they need food and stuff in the future.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>\u2014Austin McKinnon, 17, Saipan Southern High School<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_310992\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-310992\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-310992\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Austin-McKinnon-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-310992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">McKinnon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI want to know about what\u2019s out there in the water and how to save the animals and prevent pollution. It is good to spread awareness of nature so we could also teach other people how to fish also and stop pollution.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>\u2014Dhan Robles, 16, Marianas High School<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_310993\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-310993\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-310993\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Dhan-Robles-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-310993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt is especially good to teach young students that the ocean was our ancestors\u2019 main source of food. Fishing is currently a dying [activity] in the Marianas, and I think it is really important that the younger generations get a better chance to experience this.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>\u2014Joseph Cabrera, 18, Saipan Southern High School<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_310995\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-310995\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-310995\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Joseph-Cabrera-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-310995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cabrera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI feel, like, when people think about fishing, they think of guys fishing, not girls. So, I feel like girls should get that girl power thing that not a lot of people think that they should be passionate about.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>\u2014Bernicia Sablan, 17, Saipan Southern High School<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_310996\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-310996\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-310996\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Bernicia-Sablan-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-310996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sablan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI think fishing is important because it\u2019s a natural resource, and because the youth can rely on it. It is an important part of our culture here on the islands.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>\u2014Alvaughnna Pua, 17, Da\u2019ok Academy<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_310997\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-310997\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-310997\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Alvaughnna-Pua-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-310997\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pua<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFishing is a useful technique for us, and also a part of our culture. We have been fishing for a long time. It can help a lot of people with many things, not only for providing for their family, but if they want to find different ways of getting off things that they\u2019re not supposed to be on.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>\u2014Jovanavin Dela Cruz, 18, Da\u2019ok Academy<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_310998\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-310998\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Jovanavin-Dela-Cruz-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-310998\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-310998\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dela Cruz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With increased efforts to get the CNMI\u2019s youth hooked on fishing, Saipan Tribune asked future&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":308944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1772],"class_list":["post-310987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-marianas-high-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}