Building a Better Boat: How the Cape Island Longliner Sav...
Feltmate, Donald J.
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 recov...