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Lobster War

"It's the Economy, Stupid!" • 1h 13m

Directed by David Abel • Documentary • 2019 • 74 minutes

LOBSTER WAR is an award-winning feature documentary about a conflict between the United States and Canada over waters that both countries have claimed since the end of the Revolutionary War. The disputed 277 square miles of sea, known as the Gray Zone, were traditionally fished by US lobstermen. But as the Gulf of Maine has warmed faster than nearly any other body of water on the planet, the Gray Zone's previously modest lobster population has surged. As a result, Canadians have begun to assert their sovereignty in the area, fighting with the Americans to claim the bounty.

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agriculture and food, american (u.s.) studies, area studies, biology, bioregions and habitat, bullfrog films, business, canadian studies, climate change, commercial fishing, conservation biology, criminal justice, criminology, development, economics, environment, expository, fishing, fishing rights, fishing sector, geography, government policy, history, international law, international relations and geopolitics, labor and economics, labor studies, law and legal studies, law enforcement, lobster, lobster war, marine biology, north american studies, oceans and coasts, ovid, politics and political science, s_0045, s_0085, s_0111, s_0122, s_0127, s_0157, s_0158, s_0166, s_0173, s_0185, s_0209, s_0279, s_0446, s_0642, s_0643, s_0647, science and technology, sectors, title_l, u.s. history

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