Nautical Narratives on the Island of Newfoundland: Exploring the Fishing Industry and Reimagining Changing Futures ...

• Main Author: Drodge, Kassandra
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2024
• Subjects: Fisheries; Socio-Ecological Systems; Disruption; Narratives; Industrial Systems; Newfoundland; Labour; Policy
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-30053; http://ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/45849

Thirty (30) years have passed since the cod collapse in Newfoundland and Labrador. The cod collapse left fifteen thousand (15,000) people who made a living off harvesting and processing cod without jobs, and almost eliminated a singular fish species from Newfoundland and Labrador (Bavington, 2010). The cod collapse created many policy changes and ripples of generational disruption in individual livelihoods and inshore/coastal fishing practices among families. Harvesting cod from the waters of Newfoundland goes back for hundreds of years, and many fishers and coastal communities still depend on it today. A significant amount of research on the history of cod fishing, the 1992 cod collapse, and the almost annihilation of a species (Bavington, 2010); but there is room to further explore how local fishers and fishing communities live today. I argue that there is a need to increase local consultation during inshore/coastal fishery policy amendment processes and local engagement with environmental assessment ...