My mom made waves as captain of her lobster boat. I'm proud to be her deckhand
Being a woman in New Brunswick’s male-dominated lobster fishing industry has never been an issue for Maisie McNaughton. That’s because her mom blazed the trail almost 25 years ago.
![My mom made waves as captain of her lobster boat. I'm proud to be her deckhand](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7088486.1705626042!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/maisie-mcnaughton.jpg)
![Maisie McNaughton is a deckhand on her mother’s lobster fishing boat in New Brunswick. On one of those trips in 2023, they caught a rare calico lobster. A smiling woman wearing blue gloves holds up an orange and black lobster.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7088486.1705626042!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/maisie-mcnaughton.jpg)
Being a woman in New Brunswick’s male-dominated lobster fishing industry has never been an issue for Maisie McNaughton. That’s because her mom blazed the trail almost 25 years ago.