Paul has happy memories of being on the water with her parents, who both fish for a living. It's a lifestyle that many of her friends in St. John's know nothing of. Many people her age don't regularly eat fish, she said, and have never even been in a boat. "I just totally kind of took it all for granted. It was just so everyday to me," she said. The decision to seriously consider that lifestyle for herself came from a conversation with her parents during a visit home at Christmas. Her parents told her they could use an extra hand in the boat and invited her to join them, and Paul decided to accept the offer. Her mom, Kathy Paul, is behind her daughter all the way. "I'm sure she can do it. She can do anything she puts her mind to." Jasmine Paul will be doing it with the benefit of her mother's knowledge to help her. Kathy Paul has fished since 1997, heading out in the boat alongside her husband as soon as her youngest daughter was old enough to be left with her parents.