"How adaptive is the PEI lobster fishery?" with Marlene Chapman

The lobster fishery has been a prominent feature of the Island’s economy and culture for over one-hundred and fifty years. In recent decades, it has become the most lucrative fishery in all of North America. Is it threatened by climate change? How adaptable are our fishers? What is the government’s role in protecting this fishery and the communities that depend on it? These questions will be explored through information gathered in interviews of local fishers, the researcher’s personal experience, and evidence found in scholarly and grey literature.
Marlene fishes lobster out of Murray Harbour, PEI, and recently completed her Master of Arts in Island Studies graduate thesis on climate adaptation in the PEI lobster fishery.