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Boaters
and Recreational Fishers,
click here for a map
and important information about Eastport MPAs
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A Fishing Heritage
The rich, productive waters surrounding the Eastport
Peninsula are host to a wide range of ground fish, pelagic fish, shellfish,
marine mammals, and aquatic plants.
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| Since early settlement the people of the Eastport Peninsula
have relied on the fishery for their economic subsistence. |
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In 1992, the cod moratorium caused drastic changes in the
fishery of this province. Fishers on the Eastport Peninsula were not immune to
these changes. They re-directed their efforts to the lobster fishery. However,
they observed that this fishery was also in jeopardy. Something had to be done. |
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