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Children's Nonfiction Country Life

Life in a Fishing Community

by (author) Helene Boudreau

Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Initial publish date
Sep 2009
Category
Country Life, Fishes, General
Recommended Age
8 to 9
Recommended Grade
3 to 4
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780778792680
    Publish Date
    Sep 2009
    List Price
    $25.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780778750857
    Publish Date
    Aug 2009
    List Price
    $9.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780778750727
    Publish Date
    Aug 2009
    List Price
    $25.95

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This title looks at offshore fishing. Around the coast of much of North America, fishing stocks have greatly declined as a result of overfishing, pollution, and global warming. Nova Scotia, in the northeast of Canada, once had a huge fishing industry. In 1753, people from Germany, Switzerland, and France came from Europe to set up colony at Lunenburg on the coast. They soon set up a fishing and shipbuilding industry. The community grew until about 1980, when the fishing industry largely stopped. Since then, the community has had to reinvent itself. It is still largely based on the old industries, but tourism is as important. Lunenburg has a population of about 3500 people.

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