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Right across Canada small-scale fishers are being bought out by big corporations. Will the fish stocks be able to survive corporate greed?

Canadian fisheries are in crisis; they have been for more than a decade. Stocks have all but collapsed, and thousands of small-scale fishers have been bought out by a handful of big corporations. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) echo the neo-liberal agenda we now see across Canada: privatize public resources and cut government services.

In southwest Nova Scotia a rare case exists where Native and non-Native fisheries have begun working together. Fish Tales, a documentary in progress, follows the struggles of these two very different fishing communities in Bear River and Digby, both fighting to defend their ways of life.

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The End of the Line?

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Contributed by martha stiegman

Length: 1 min 13 sec

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Year of Production: 2006

Director:

Martha Stiegman

Producer:

Martha Stiegman

Terry wonders if he'll be forced to sell out and abandon handlining. Meanwhile, a fellow fisherman emphasizes that Terry deserves full community support, but is he getting it?

To order this film contact: martha_stiegman(at)yahoo.ca

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