The lived experience of fishers through the cod moratorium in Newfoundland ...

• Main Author: Wall, Marie
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 2009
• Subjects: Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0053930; https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0053930

Using Karlsson's Empirical Psychological Phenomenological Method, this thesis project researches the fishers' lived experience of the cod-fishing moratorium in Newfoundland that began in 1992. The source for the lived experience was derived from interviews with five fishers from St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, who were full-time fishers at the declaration of the moratorium. The study resulted in 17 themes representing their experience, including the experiences of: steadfastness, knowing, loss and grief, abandonment, dashed hopes, professionalization, being prepared for the moratorium and not being prepared for the moratorium, of waiting, remembering the resettlement program, being judged disrespectfully, being devalued for fishers' economic contribution, being paid-off, being misguided, frustration and change. This study articulated the issues as named by those most affected and translated the experience into a psychological perspective that can influence the development and implementation of counselling ...