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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Crabtree Classics
Published: 08/01/2009
ISBN: 9780778750857
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 10.70h x 8.20w x 0.20d

Review Citations: School Library Journal 02/01/2010 pg. 99

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 133584 / Life in a Fishing Community
Reading Level: 4.8 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5