The Membertou First Nation, along with three Canadian partners, has been developing the zero-emission vessel since December 2023
Sydney, Nova Scotia is the province’s northernmost port, situated on the rocky shores of eastern Cape Breton Island.
Its harbour buzzes with marine activity: small boats mix with the daily ferry to and from Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland; visiting cruise ships drop in; and, of course, in the local lobster season, countless fishing vessels traffic the docks and surrounding waters.
Nova Scotia’s lobster fishery brings more than $1 billion each year. (Nearly 40 per cent of that is caught off Cape Breton.) With all that activity, the provincial industry generates 82 million kilograms of CO2 emissions annually — roughly equivalent to 20,000 cars driven for one year.
The Membertou First Nation, located in Sydney, operates a licensed licensed fishery.
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