Fishing For Success (F4S) is a volunteer-based nonprofit social enterprise museum located in Petty Harbour that works to transmit the intangible cultural heritage of Newfoundland & Labrador’s family fishery. The museum advocates for an inclusive, gender-equitable & sustainable small-scale fishery that can help combat climate change and contribute to food sovereignty through better local seafood access. Fishing For Success provides free or reduced-cost programming for women, children, youth, newcomers, and Indigenous community members by partnering with other like-minded nonprofits and museums. 

Island Rooms is a historic fishing property in the community of Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador. It is the home of Fishing For Success and folks are invited to join in seasonal activities at this participatory museum. The focus is traditional fishing & cooking, stage construction, small boat skills, ropework, inspiring art & craft & music, hiking & snowshoeing in pursuit of berries or bird watching! And telling stories as you go…

“One day every child in Newfoundland and Labrador will once again be taught the traditional fishing knowledge and skill of their ancestors; that this will instill in them a sense of pride, of place, and a longing to protect and conserve their natural home.” Join Fishing For Success in the adventure of reconnecting the child in all of us with the shared human heritage of fishing.

2022 Nature Inspiration Award for Community Action presented by the Canadian Museum of Nature 

Categories: All, Avalon, Fishery, Flora and Fauna, Natural History / Science, Regional Listings