Fishing Lessons: Artisanal Fisheries and the Future of Our Oceans by Kevin M. Bailey

Author:Kevin M. Bailey
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: science, General, Life Sciences, Marine Biology, Nature, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Business & Economics, Industries, Food Industry
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2018-05-01T00:56:23.744000+00:00

7: Crimson Tide

The Bay of Fundy Weir Fishery and a Conflict with Green Power

“I am a fisherman,” Darren Porter said in a thick Scotian accent. “It’s not only what I do, but who I am.”

He is big and burly, built like an oak stump. If I was in a bar fight, I would gladly have Darren in front of me to clear the way. He operates a weir fishery in Minas Basin on the southeast side of the Bay of Fundy. The bay has the highest tides and strongest currents in the world, which leads to a problem for Darren. The power industry wants to install giant turbines in the passage to Minas Basin, maybe over a hundred of them, to harvest the wealth of Nova Scotia’s tides, generating megawatts of energy and enormous profits. The turbines look like giant food processors, five stories high. The power industry also has a problem, and that is Darren.

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