April 5, 2009 (time onboard = UTC - 4)
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
44°37’N – 63°34’W
12h00 local time
We will set sail only tomorrow. We are missing two crew members, they
will arrive tonight. It’s raining today in Halifax. We take the
advantage of this “extra day” to fix all kinds all details that we
usually do not have the time to deal with. The picture with the snow was
taken last Monday, since we had all kinds of weather. This week, we met
as planned experts on fishing industry (“Fisheries and Oceans Canada”
and experts from St Mary and Dalhousie universities. After the cod
crisis, fishermen went on lobsters to save their economy but experts are
clear, the actual way of fishing is not sustainable. One of the
solutions will be to develop coastal fishing instead of big off shore
trawlers and aquaculture of non meat eating fishes to maintain the
chain food in open water. |