Warming Waters Have Created a Boom For Nova Scotia's Lobster Fishery, But Could Trigger Death Spiral
On a late-April morning just before 4 a.m., Lucien LeBlanc sits in a captain's chair aboard his 50-foot fishing vessel the John Harold, named for his grandfather. Five screens glow as the vessel cuts through inky darkness toward the open ocean and his first lobster trap line about 25 nautical miles away. He moves to the kitchen to put away groceries.
Warming waters around Nova Scotia have created a sweet spot for the crustacean over the past decade...
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