Like most families, fishing has always put food on our table. But there are a few houses in town that are much bigger, much more expensive, with a new car in the driveway. If class is mostly about money, then a class system has developed in the fisheries. The draggers grew out of businesses that held profit as the only bottom line. They made profit, lots of it, and could buy new and bigger boats, new equipment, and more fish 'quota'.
Modern draggers are massive vessels whose nets drag along the sea bottom.
Immature and unwanted fish are often caught and destroyed in the nets, which also disrupt the seabed. The fish had been there for hundreds of years, and we thought it would last forever. But you can't keep over-exploiting natural resources and expect them to last forever. Fishing no longer seems a viable option. So I've taken out student loans and moved to another province to complete a university degree.