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Cape Islanders in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. A Cape Islander, a style of fishing boat mostly used for lobster fishing, is an inshore motor fishing boat found across Atlantic Canada having a single keeled flat bottom at the stern and more rounded towards the bow. The Cape Island style boat is famous for its large step up to the bow.
Fishing remains the main year round industry with several commercial lobster and scallop boats operating from the wharves in addition to a large lobster pound. The Harbour Authority of Halls Harbour took control of the harbour from the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans in 1996.
Alongside the mining industry, the fishing industry also grew. Over time, the village has become dependent on lobster fishing as its main resource. In 2000, the lobster fleet consisted of 47 boats. [1] There has been a fish-processing plant operating at the harbour continuously by one family since 1941. There is also a boatbuilding business in ...
Clark's Harbour is a town on Cape Sable Island in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada, located in Shelburne County. [3] The main industry is lobster fishing.Owing to this as well as the town's history as a fishing community, the town is noted as the birthplace of the Cape Islander fishing boat.
Nova Scotia [a] is a province of Canada, located on its east coast.It is one of the three Maritime provinces and most populous province in Atlantic Canada, with an estimated population of over 1 million as of 2024; it is also the second-most densely populated province in Canada, and second-smallest province by area. [11]
Bay Lookout Park, Boutilier's Point, Nova Scotia, July 2023. The main attraction in Boutiliers Point is the Bay Lookout Park. The park includes a small beach and a wharf used in the summer months for mackerel and squid fishing, a dock for a few lobster fishing boats, and a boat launch.
West Pubnico is one of the top fishing ports in Nova Scotia by value of landings, and is home to 15 fish processing companies. They include Nova's Finest Fisheries Inc., Inshore Fisheries Limited and Acadian Fish Processors Ltd. Major species include haddock, cod, redfish, herring, and lobster. Nearby Pubnico Point is the site of a wind farm ...
Neil's Harbour is an unincorporated area in the Municipality of the County of Victoria, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Artifacts indicate that it have been originally settled by the Acadians. It is named after Neil McLennan. Victoria Co-Op Fisheries Ltd., Neil's Harbour's largest employer which is located in neighbouring New Haven.