Lobster fishers became worried that lost
fishing gear would rise in number as wa-
ter traffic increased due to the presence
of the LNG facility. “The thing about lost
fishing gear is that long after they’re lost,
they continue to fish,” Mouland explained.
“There is no economic gain for the fisher-
men because they don’t bring the traps up,
but they still trap lobsters and the lobsters
end up dying in the traps.” Furthermore,
when construction of the LNG facility be-
gan, 2,445 square metres of the seafloor
was disrupted. Consequently, Canaport
LNG initiated the Derelict Lobster Trap Re-
trieval Project. Using side scan sonar, 540
lost traps were removed, some of which
were over two decades old.
In more recent times, Fundy has been in-
volved with the design of a community
harbour at Long Wharf, which is home to
a large federal harbour that houses big
ships and other ocean-going vessels. “Our
fishermen have been fishing there for cen-
turies, but didn’t really have a designated
harbour,” Mouland said. Working with vari-
ous industries like marine and tourism, the
design phase has been completed and
construction is eagerly anticipated.
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“For every challenge, there is usually an opportunity, because if somebody has a
challenge they have a problem.”
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