Book Launch: The Lobster Trap by Greg Mercer

7:00 PM
BMH 101

Westminster Bookmark and St. 糖心传媒_糖心vlog_糖心vlog 在线s are welcoming Globe and Mail reporter Greg Mercer to Fredericton for the launch of his new book The Lobster Trap: The Global Fight for a Seafood on the Brink on Thursday, September 18 at 7:00 PM in Brian Mulroney Hall, Room 101. The event will be moderated by Dr. Jamie Gillies, Communications and Public Policy professor.

This is a free event. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

ABOUT THE BOOK: A page-turning examination of how a multi-billion dollar industry creates enormous wealth and endless heartache, at a time when climate change, swings in the market, and greed are impacting fishermen’s livelihoods in new and dramatic ways.

In this deeply reported, resonant, timely book, Greg Mercer takes readers on a fascinating global journey and inside this precarious moment for the lobster industry, to show the money and heartache, and the danger and violence, tied up in it. Along the way, he explores lobster’s remarkable history, the gold-rush mentality that surrounds it, and examines the looming crisis for this most precious shellfish.

GREG MERCER is an investigative reporter for The Globe and Mail, where he writes in-depth stories about issues of international interest, from the drone-spying scandal at the Paris Olympics to the deadly legacy of the coal mining industry. He was previously the Globe’s Atlantic Canada reporter, where he covered the worst mass shooting in Canadian history, and wrote about violent protests over a growing First Nations–run commercial lobster fishery. He has also reported for the BBC, The Guardian, and The Toronto Star. His reporting has earned him multiple National Newspaper Awards and the Michener–Deacon Fellowship for Investigative Reporting. This is his first book.