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Inside Canada’s lobster wars

Commercial fishing boats docked at Meteghan Marina in Meteghan, Nova Scotia. — ©2025 The New York Times Company

NIGHTTIME provides ideal cover for acts of sabotage in the sleepy fishing villages along the southern shores of Nova Scotia.

Slashed buoys, stolen lobster crates, mysterious fires. These are just some of the acts of vandalism on the wharves where lobster fishers have been locked in battle for more than three decades.

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