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Life in a Fishing Community

by Hélène Boudreau
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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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Series: Learn about Rural Life Publisher: Crabtree Publishing

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  • ISBN: 9780778792680
  • Release date: August 1, 2009

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  • ISBN: 9780778792680
  • File size: 5636 KB
  • Release date: August 1, 2009

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subjects

Juvenile Nonfiction Sociology

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:4.8
Lexile® Measure:840
Interest Level:K-3(LG)
Text Difficulty:3-5

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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Juvenile Nonfiction Sociology
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