Regulating the Newfoundland Inshore Fishery: Traditional Values Versus State Control in the Regulation of a Common Property Resource
This paper focuses upon how the values inherent in the theory of common property resource management relate to the regulatory of the inshore fïshery of Newfoundland. This theory, drawing upon Hobbesian assumptions, views collective irrationality as a product of individual rationality within open acc...
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crunivtoronpr:10.3138/jcs.23.1-2.158 2024-04-28T08:28:45+00:00 Regulating the Newfoundland Inshore Fishery: Traditional Values Versus State Control in the Regulation of a Common Property Resource Matthews, Ralph Phyne, John 1988 http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jcs.23.1-2.158 https://utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/jcs.23.1-2.158 en eng University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) Journal of Canadian Studies volume 23, issue 1-2, page 158-176 ISSN 0021-9495 1911-0251 History Cultural Studies journal-article 1988 crunivtoronpr https://doi.org/10.3138/jcs.23.1-2.158 2024-04-09T08:22:51Z This paper focuses upon how the values inherent in the theory of common property resource management relate to the regulatory of the inshore fïshery of Newfoundland. This theory, drawing upon Hobbesian assumptions, views collective irrationality as a product of individual rationality within open access fisheries, and has been incorporated into federal licensing policy. Based upon interviews with 144 inshore fishermen and 51 fishery officers, conducted during 1982-83 and 1985 respectively, the paper argues that this theory has been accepted by both fishery officers and inshore fishermen. However, even after licensing was introduced, fishermen still participated in local controls over access to the inshore fishery; collective irrationality is not necessarily associated with open-access fisheries. Given this, fishermen’s acceptance of licensing policy may be related to changes in the class structure of the inshore fishery since the late 1960s. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland University of Toronto Press (U Toronto Press) Journal of Canadian Studies 23 1-2 158 176 |
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This paper focuses upon how the values inherent in the theory of common property resource management relate to the regulatory of the inshore fïshery of Newfoundland. This theory, drawing upon Hobbesian assumptions, views collective irrationality as a product of individual rationality within open access fisheries, and has been incorporated into federal licensing policy. Based upon interviews with 144 inshore fishermen and 51 fishery officers, conducted during 1982-83 and 1985 respectively, the paper argues that this theory has been accepted by both fishery officers and inshore fishermen. However, even after licensing was introduced, fishermen still participated in local controls over access to the inshore fishery; collective irrationality is not necessarily associated with open-access fisheries. Given this, fishermen’s acceptance of licensing policy may be related to changes in the class structure of the inshore fishery since the late 1960s. |
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Regulating the Newfoundland Inshore Fishery: Traditional Values Versus State Control in the Regulation of a Common Property Resource |
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Regulating the Newfoundland Inshore Fishery: Traditional Values Versus State Control in the Regulation of a Common Property Resource |
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Regulating the Newfoundland Inshore Fishery: Traditional Values Versus State Control in the Regulation of a Common Property Resource |
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regulating the newfoundland inshore fishery: traditional values versus state control in the regulation of a common property resource |
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