A Question of Survival
The Fisheries and Newfoundland Society
- Publisher
- ISER Books
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1988
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780919666580
- Publish Date
- Jan 1988
- List Price
- $23.95
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Description
This challenging collection of essays examines the crisis in the Newfoundland fishery, the current structure and its future. What can we learn from a comparison of the Newfoundland fisheries with other North Atlantic fisheries? How have fishing communities and organisations adapted to the changing social and political pressures? What are the historical roots of contemporary problems? To what extent does the future of Newfoundland depend on the survival of the fisheries?
About the author
Peter R. Sinclair is a Research Professor in the Department of Sociology at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He contributed in the Tri-Council ecosystem project on "Sustainability in a Changing Cold-Ocean Coastal Environment" and the project "Just Fish: Ethics in Canadian Marine Fisheries." He has published widely on social power, environmental issues, and resource-dependent regions.