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It’s Time for Politics to Take Fishing Seriously: the Neglect of Fisheries in (International) Politics

For a few years now, I’ve worked in seafood restaurants to pay for tuition. Sometimes I was amazed by the kinds of stories I’d hear about the fishing industry.,, I have to confess that I’d never really given a whole lot of thought to the fishing industry as a whole and to some extent, working as a lobster fisherman, I was even looked down upon by some people I’d known growing up. I began to care more once I actually had a job which dealt with the retail end of fishing, given that I was cooking and preparing lobster on a daily basis. After moving to St. John’s I learned from former high school friends who ended up working on boats sent around the North Atlantic. By Jacob Laybolt >click to read< 13:47