The Organization of Production and Market Relations in a Nova Scotian Inshore Fishing Community

TitleThe Organization of Production and Market Relations in a Nova Scotian Inshore Fishing Community
Publication TypeThesis
Year of Publication1975
AuthorsDavis AFA
Academic DepartmentUniversity of Manitoba Department of Anthropology, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
DegreeM.A.
Thesis TypeM.A. thesis
Source DocumentAccessible with appropriate permission
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Port Lameron - Pagesville Finfishery

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The Pagesville Fishery of Port Lameron Harbor is located on the southern edge of Nova Scotia, Canada. The physical boundaries are consistent with the boundaries of islands and harbors while the institutional boundaries are based on customary usage. The resource units appropriated include lobster and demersal fish. The fishermen cooperate to control access to and appropriation from the resource system. Inshore fishing (mixed finfish and lobster) is the economic mainstay. Pagesville fishers often...
09 Aug 2016

Port Lameron - Pagesville Lobsterfishery

Case
The Pagesville Fishery of Port Lameron Harbor is located on the southern edge of Nova Scotia, Canada. The physical boundaries are consistent with the boundaries of islands and harbors while the institutional boundaries are based on customary usage. The resource units appropriated include lobster and demersal fish. The fishermen cooperate to control access to and appropriation from the resource system. Inshore fishing (mixed finfish and lobster) is the economic mainstay. Pagesville fishers often...
09 Aug 2016

Port Lameron Lobster Fishery II, Nova Scotia, Canada

Case
Since this original case, much of the Atlantic Canadian fisheries have been reduced to a fraction of historical levels. In Port Lameron, very few harvesters fish for groundfish (cod, haddock, pollock, hake), swordfish, or tuna. The collapse of the Codfishery has been attributed to many issues, including scientific uncertainty, government policies to increase employment in the area, and subsidies to increase fishing capacity, and the inability of enforcement to stop foreign trawlers from...
09 Aug 2016