The Minor family s fish tug, the Lincoln R., sits docked in Port Colborne, Ontario. Photo: Hannah Harrison
Feb 12, 2021 The Great Lakes commercial fishery is nothing like what it was a hundred years ago. But from Lake Superior to Lake Ontario to the St. Lawrence River, there are still people who make their living catching and selling fish.
However, they face increasing competition from hotels, condos and other developments for loading and docking space along the shoreline.
Social scientist Hannah Harrison, a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Guelph in Ontario and science director for the Coastal Routes project, recently wrote about the pressures on Canadian fishermen for