Dozens of fishing boats steamed towards a pulp mill in northern Nova Scotia yesterday as part of a demonstration demanding Northern Pulp scuttle a plan to dump millions of litres of effluent a day into the Northumberland Strait.
Chanting “No pipe, no way!” a long line of marchers also made their voice heard on the pier of Pictou _ across the harbour from the mill.
Though the kraft pulp mill provides much-needed jobs for the town, the pipeline plan has also raised concerns about the impact on the lucrative lobster fishery.
Kathy Cloutier, a spokeswoman for Paper Excellence, says a system like the one proposed for the mill at Abercrombie Point is typical of the kind of effluent system used across the continent.