Frustration as single right whale prompts fishing ban at Canadian island
by Greg Mercer in Grand Manan from Environment | The Guardian on (#3TCN4)
Fishing is temporarily halted at Grand Manan Island after the sighting of an endangered whale, to the dismay of fishermen
In 30 years of fishing for lobster in the Bay of Fundy between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Laurence Cook has been forced off the water by high winds, winter storms and icy conditions.
But until this summer, he had never had to stay home because of a whale.
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