[000:00:00;00] ah, fishermen or not made. this is a different world. the fisherman visited regularly this morning world. familiar with chapters still to come. his traps, hopes, assessment, all like 20 fathoms deep on rocky bottom of the coast of maine. a good living to be made in the atlantic ocean. anybody will go get there's a patch of water around and try a seal island in contention between canada and the united states. north albany may suddenly become optimal for lobster. our populations here exploded one of the most

valuable fisheries that ever existed. suddenly you had made an canadian fisherman in these waters. at the same time jousting for position and attentions are high. violence is bound to happen. this is the last land border dispute between canada and the united states. it could be magnified to the point where there could be cost that would be significant to quote countries. border disputes don't go away, they discussed, or something's going to happen. in some ways, bob's ring is immensely complex. in another sense, it is simple and direct. see in the boat remain the ruling force, an assault or a man's life. and the question of fish thing that brings not only the rewards of toil, but

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with we just left the board of seal go long, graham and an island. we're here right now with that little ship is. we're headed towards the giant seal island. you know all of your traps in the great named brian got all our president graham and perkins association. i started visiting before i got out of high school and that does everything with with their idea of, of the vision. and i would build it if again roll my back date under draft.

every one of them are in the resolve. this area water here is closed. and when you come to law and you'll see the gears great up on it, that's the most lucrative spot. that's where the most of the guys are going to go. that's where most of the scenarios will add them. way it's got to go, i guess. the last 4 or 5 years it's been getting more and more crowded every every, every year. i think it's a radiant government. never get control of some of the greys on that. they never really had full control of wiggle room number. why on is off on work and you are doing the vision idea that i think where they would like to say, yeah, i like those either benjamin have almost like a drop all the people drinking in the grey zone long before it was ever great. but the canadian government cut back on there for trolls of the line. so the americans

were freaking undisputed. the water is actually one of my old vol. they claim that it was over the line. all of us today, the line that is out on the radio died which was not. so i game how to get rid of them and all of them that they didn't get back on a, on the bottom. they gave it back. i guess they didn't want to walk home after 4 years of or you know about it, one of the americans that if you want, i mean economic benefit out of that. in the summer dawn when you're not vision, you better come visit with the guy from the government of canada said just the swipe, little pan buddy. the swipe of the band and with him 2 weeks we were alive on our job as united states. i can on the other, you know, i think out of which is that in that line, play with own it really is all american. not all, only so much you can load with all you feel like up to the events of the available

event in the property. 20 years ago. there wouldn't have been hardly any boats from either side. over time, the abundance of lobster has increased, made it more lucrative, and people have figured out. we want to get a crack in those love for. we gotta finish it the same time they do. we're not bagging man or canadian waters. we're going to vision here on this granite ledge above this sheltered co begins his day one day in the life of one man mm. the sea with its islands, place of business for a whole breed of men who don't mind wet feet. canada m u. s. share

a 5525 mile long border. and this is the last piece of land that are still contesting after more than 200 years of border making. so much i a seal island north rock. actually, depending on whether they're american or canadian, that determines whether the water is around them. car, american, or canadian. so this gray zone, it contains a fairly rich harvest of lobsters. but it's so job for the laser. you are the fearful at the right moment the man eases his motor rolls, his wheel pulls his clutch with his gaff, he brings a war board. he enters it in the snatch blocks, takes a couple of turns around the wench head and the hoist to take over the work. the trap breaks water and his hold on deck bushel basket makes

a satisfactory ketchel on a lobster boat. this is one of those days you get ahead, ah, this is where the border now and that is the agreed upon border between graham and island and the coast to maine. and the reason there's this david here is that if my child feel island, which is here, is canadian, the canadian say this is the border that would exist. united states actually basis, it's claim on a channel that can call the northwest channel that runs along the ocean. floor here . that creates this greys out. it's all based on whether we try a seal island is american or canadian, when revolutionary war was over, the peace treaty was signed in paris. so the treaty said that all islands within 20 leagues of the coast of the newly independent 13 colonies would be america, except any island that had ever been part of nova scotia. the official

u. s. position is that the child seal island is not now and never has been part of nova scotia. this is the beginning of the conflict alongside the long legged war or wish to come to rest for the 1st time since daybreak. downloads his catch and weighs it in a way chip into the market. for most of recorded history, those waters are basically just exploited by mean fishermen. in 2002, the canadians changed their fishing seasons to allow canadian lobster men to fish in the grades all during the summer. the real pensions began then because of just so many more people fishing in the waters. my concern is that there is no country in the world that's more important to the united states that canada and to allow an issue like this to sit there with the potential of causing an ugly dispute. it could be magnified to the point where there could be costs that would be

significant to both countries with with we've been in the business for a little more than 10 years. there has been a huge increase in the landings. not too long ago, it was 20000000 pounds, 3050 or 60000000 pounds. and then it got to be maybe a $100000000.00 pounds. when i got to that point, people really started to take notice. and lately i spent about a $130000000.00 pounds, so it's been

a huge increase in supply it could be because waters continue to warm in the state of me and it's pushing that the catch north in the catch seems to be going down more to mid coast and beyond, which is what we call down east main and which is often called way down east is called the greys all right. along with canada, there's definitely more landings in that area than there were 10 years ago. there's . there's no question about it. but i think that people, for the majority of people feel that we're at our peak and landings right now, i think that's on the front of everybody's mind. so at this point, the issues that raise on impact the market for main lobster because that's really

main prod and once it goes to canada comes back, is product to canada, then people don't associate it with main. the main brand is really what main sells . and it's not just the launch, the industry is the tourism industry. and if we lose market share because of that, that can really hurt the industry

with new york. it's really what america is about when our mayor took off, he was elected because of his campaign on our city, being a tale of 2 cities. the has and i have not those who have not are usually the ones who wind up being buried on hard. i the city has always wanted to forget about hold island. city is wanted to forget about the people who are buried there. just wanted to forget about the fact that there is a potter's field that there was a place where difficult stories are hidden. the fact that we're using inmates to maintain this act as burial site, where 1000000 souls are buried,

where much of new york city history is buried is payments of the inequality that it exists in the city for centuries. ah, no one else seemed wrong when all proofs just don't hold any world to save out. disdain becomes the advocate and engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. i officer is incredibly important here on the coast to me. it was worth more than

$500000000.00 just to the boat last year. it's not just the captain. also, the crew are doing the wrong. it becomes a huge, huge driver of the economy on the house for trap builders, for boat builders, for all the infrastructure that goes into distributing laughter. one of the most valuable fisheries that ever existed. interestingly, it's not actually the price that has that much, but the volume has changed a huge amount up to the early 1900 ninety's. they were only landing about 20000000 pounds in 2016, we landed 131000000 pounds. but even with all of that year to year change, the landings haven't been uniform across the state. ah, the water temperature, dr. biological prophecies for lobster and as water warm, it is possible that those biological processes could break down over the last 10 to 15 years. government has one faster than 99 percent of the global area in if

you look south of the gulf main places like rhode island and southern massachusetts, the lobster fishery there is basically collapse. beginning around that timeframe. lobster catches in the state of maine started to increase at an exponential rate even when the water from morning it's still cooler than the areas that they were leaving. we can see that species are steadily starting to move towards the pause. therefore other changes that are going on in the ecosystem. one of the really big ones who spend the decline of the ground fish like how to wear a bit, creditors on tiny officers that's opened up a lot of habitat for lobster to move into. the larger population has taken advantage of those environmental conditions and had a boom, ah, what we're seeing is that the lobsters becoming a bigger fishery right along the border between the us and canada. and it's not a good scenario. they are competing for the same resources and yet they're living

by different rules. large lobsters are able to be caught by canadians, but not by americans. they are fishing with different types of gear. sometimes heavier gear seasons are different. and that's creating more controversy, especially now that it's an increase in it so lucrative right now. it's a worry about what's going to happen to los with any for the hydro, like how you, plastic, right? nobody good here. all this stuff may take bulls back in a big in these areas. ah. oh yeah. bob's or any time i wanted, i think so i'm home and he did it. the old days used to board the boat,

but it's illegal now because of the like 13 or 14 bounder. i would say him, joe, our main gate. that's part of the layer management strategy loretta guy been congest, very integrated from a hotspot with can i know boy class line over there in the sand. when you asked walters undisputed, there's a big boat with a big gun on it. but if you didn't stop, they'd tell you they're going to fire in. oh, and if you don't go off, they'll speed engine. oh, but that's

a general plan. u. s. coast guard. the tide runs in different directions at different time. and it's hard to tell where other people are on the blue one down below, as i know is canadian just by the way that might be an american down below is there too. was a lot of little bumps like right now with i'd like somebody come along and they got all kinds of room, but your actual throw a lot different than where you're belinda and you make a mistake and get on top. somebody else and cut it off. there's all kinds of people to bed complex. sometimes you lose track all part of it. we might have some fun on this one border with my brother's lobster, fish,

my nephews labs to fish my grandchildren lives to fish in the blood. in this community, main source of revenue is our fishermen. they keep street lights going keep our town road paid. they keep going. if they were to lose that area, there would be a huge impact on the town. for 1984, there was no canadian in this area, there was no grady. so peachy goes by. they bring more and more fishman over, we're talking to the country, so it's a lot harder to resolve. different people get angry and get more dangers every day . every lobster this caught by a canadian is one last, not caught by an american dollars. not in the local economy which we need drastically. ah,

we don't have any territory. i can't go any further. i can't go any further to the southern because if you get into bucks or job, port territory lose. so what fish we have is crowded into the area already as it is this territory. well, the canadians have got a 110 square miles, right. so that's a pretty big job. that's what the biggest fear is not having a place to finish this community to severely suffer if we took them bottom line i use, i think it's time something needs to be done this before. we could have stop this before he started. if we had any political help, ah, our government does not come back us up as much as we need more back into my government. if i go over a lot of the canadian side of the bottom line, they take me by boat, my gear, my crew push jazz. ah, but they come with a ball mile with

a cutlass. you all and fish. so are you going to do greenberg or somebody's going to be filled with this on this on that side. that's my. and it's just a matter of time with me . when i started down here. now this was a one man patrol. and now you've got 4 guys plus myself down here in this area. we enforce all laws of the state. the main main focus is commercial fishery. you know, before we may go to the grey zone. another way down there to hide area troll. so open to get there,

makes the upcoming love to fish in here after nominal and the last few years and the enemy exchange statistics. when they do, they run fishing, we had it again crowded medicaid and pushing them further in setting over talk them all purpose. is that a couple of complaints when they think they get home community? i know they would like us to enforce a law in k for so we have no jurisdiction door, no longer on. i mean it's just that it's not going to drive them out. does more come in? i mean now we have back few years ago and he was like, probably 9 to 12 boast on that cane and vessels fishing. graham and, and now you got both from graham and camp, bella and always go fish. i've heard of rocking 45 volts in a lot of these fishermen max. know they got a lot of investment and they're not catching lobsters. things get rough

temper fire. and i think that's where you conflicts dodge me. ok i i for recalls degrees only because once the battle started over it is kind of became a bit gray as to who i actually own that i was actually

the 1st impression the fish in the garage when the good lord put the lob fusion, the water he didn't say leisure for me or for graham and angel catching me if you can get along. main lobster, fishermen fishing where they're bothering our catch. let's get down and catch some of them before they do. a great job is really, you know, contributed to the economy on graham and, and, and we're contributing more to the provincial and federal coffers in any community . our shy because of the lobster industry. so nobody fished it from canada for years and years and years because it was more lucrative to fish sovereign canadian water. but we're getting no economic benefit to canada to that fresh water that we consider to be or so he created a summer fishery away from one year we. we maybe that you had the band and other years we thought up to

a 130000 big difference and hopefully it hopefully stays that way for a while. but most of the attention has been a boat is very high dollar value and everybody wants it. they don't. the other guy get it. they want us michelle's bus, just the registry president where you're taking our lives and you know, the other gosh, i know you're taking our lunch afternoon fisherman's association right now. we're in the neighborhood of 20250 members, both captains and crew, and that probably one of our highest points right now. it was really of more of a sovereignty issue. when we went down there, it's a way for the government of canada for the people of candidates continued, claim that piece of bottom, that both the u. s. and you have the claim. and it's a way for us to drive an economic benefit from that thought that we weren't able to before. over the last i'd say 5 to 7 years, our landings have almost double. so it's created really a year round economy here on the island. like a domino effect because, you know,

at the fishery does good than the small business. it do well, things fishing ended. the fisherman go on unemployment because there was nothing to do. and now people are working year round to bokes are getting larger engines. there's houses being sold in bought 90 percent of people are driving vehicles. you know, the economy is great, but more lucrative. it's become the more money people are making them more nasty people have become here. horror stories about having when he or charles towed into a ball or something, you go hook on to it and spent 4 hours trying to get your traps out there. this big file around, keep yourself clear. the other guy, basically, that's the name of the game. and it's always a bit contentious to go there. i try hard not to be worse and i have to be, but there comes a point when you get pushed so far where you just have to say ok, that's enough. we're going to stay here. because if i ask you to move somewhere and

it's gonna cost you a few $100.00, he might go. yeah, well it's not that big a deal. it's gonna cost you a $100000.00 in going in or i, and that's what's happened. there's no warm and fuzzy stand there. i mean, i've got some respect for some of their fishermen. i think some of them do for us. and you know, if somebody was thinking i'm going to go alongside and help seems i would. it was a canadian boat. but it's, they're not coming to my house for think of, you know, and i'm not invited to, there's we're allowing ourselves to be more efficient quicker with our transactions. but with that comes a trade off. every device is a potential entry point for a security attack. any machine can be here, it's an extension of traditional time. the defenders have always been one step

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