Wilf Bartlett | 75x75 Interview Series

Born in Lushes Bight, Notre Dame Bay in 1936, Wilf Bartlett has dedicated his life to the sea as a long-time fishing captain and passionate fisheries advocate. Want to hear his insights on Confederation and its impact on Newfoundland and Labrador's fishing industry? Watch the latest instalment of our 75x75 interview series now.
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1) View of Lushes Bight, published in Decks Awash magazine. Courtesy of the MUN Digital Archives Initiative, Decks Awash Photographs, Archives and Special Collections.
2) Confederation Family Allowance Promotion, published in the pro-confederation, St. John’s newspaper The Confederate (circa. 1948). Courtesy of Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador.
3) St. John’s, circa. 1939. Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (Gustav Anderson Collection), from McGrath and Welbourne Desperate Measures: The Great Depression in Newfoundland and Labrador (St. John’s, NL: Writers Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador, 1996)
4) Bishop Spencer choir. Courtesy of Archives and Special Collections (Coll-048), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL
5) Fish Flakes, n.d. Photographer unknown. Reproduced from the Archives and Special Collections (Coll. 137 03.07.006) Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL
6) The fishery. Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division, International Grenfell Association photographs, IGA 23-489
7) “A cod escaped from a cod trap heading straight for the bottom”. Photographer Derek Keats, licensed under CC BY 2.0. www.flickr.com...
8) The Cerna, post-1976. Romanian trawler docked at St. John’s. Photographer Harry Stone. Courtesy of the Maritime History Archive (PF-001.1-L13b)
9) Danny Williams. Photographer Andrew Spearin for The Sheaf and Wikimedia. upload.wikimed...
10) Federal Minister John Crosbie speaking to protesting cod fisherman in Bay Bulls, NL, on July 1, 1992, a day before the cod moratorium came into effect. Courtesy of the CBC Archives. www.cbc.ca/new...
11) Trinity, NL, 2005. Courtesy of Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador, reproduced from Images Services, Marketing and Communications, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2008. www.heritage.n...