How the lucrative lobster industry is tearing communities apart | Full episode | the fifth estate
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Lobster fishing is a billion-dollar industry on the East Coast, but who gets to trap — and when — is tearing some communities apart. We look at why the federal government is being blamed for doing too little to ease tensions. CORRECTION (Nov. 28, 2025): An earlier version of this documentary said that Maureen Googoo covered the 2020 launch of the Mi’kmaw rights-based fishery for APTN. In fact, she covered it for Ku’ku’kwes News. This video has been edited to remove that reference. #CBC #TheFifthEstate #Documentary Subscribe for more videos from The Fifth Estate: http://bit.ly/25W8cpn Connect with The Fifth Estate online: Website : http://bit.ly/1d0FBxq Instagram : http://bit.ly/25W8SLs For more than five decades, the fifth estate has been Canada's premier investigative documentary program. Hosts Mark Kelley, Steven D'Souza and Ioanna Roumeliotis continue a tradition of provocative and fearless journalism. the fifth estate brings in-depth investigations that matter to Canadians —
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