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April 18 2026
From classroom to coastline
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Female fisher Sashae Shaw catches fish on the high seas in Portland recently.
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Shaw with two Yellow Tail fish that she caught in Boston, Portland, recently.
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Female fisher Sashae Shaw stands next to a fish at the Old Marina, in Portland, recently.
When the world ground almost to a halt at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, millions were forced to reimagine their futures overnight. For Sashae Shaw, a young woman from Portland pursuing an associate degree in psychology at Excelsior Community College (ECC), the disruption was more than an inconvenience – it was a turning point that reshaped her life’s trajectory. Today, at 30, Shaw stands not only as a fisherwoman, but as a symbol of resilience, adaptability, and the growing role of women in Jamaica’s fisheries sector.
