Building a Better Boat
How the Cape Island Longliner Saved Nova Scotia's Inshore Fishery
$59.51
- Paperback
248 pages
- Release Date
7 May 2023
Summary
The definitive history of the Cape Island–type longliner, a vessel unique to Nova Scotia that helped save its coastal fishery from collapse.
During the first half of the twentieth century, economic recession, a lack of government support, and the incursion of large draggers on coastal fishing grounds meant many inshore fishing communities were facing poverty and starvation. The formation of fishers’ cooperatives started a movement toward recovery, and the introduction…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781774711583 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1774711583 |
| Author: | Donald J. Feltmate |
| Publisher: | Nimbus Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | Nimbus Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 7 May 2023 |
| Weight: | 408g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Donald J. Feltmate
Donald J. Feltmate, OMM, CD, was born in the Cape Breton fishing village of Port Morien and grew up in a family of shore fishermen. Since his retirement from 1 Canadian Air Division of the Canadian Armed Forces, he has been actively involved in improving public accessibility to some of the most forgotten elements of Nova Scotia’s maritime heritage. He works as a consultant on a number of projects in concert with provincial museums and Library and Archives Canada. In 2012 he completed a pictorial history of the Cape Island-type longliner for the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic. He lives in Sunken Lake, NS.
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