A coastal foodscape: examining the relationship between changing fisheries and community food security on the west coast of Newfoundland

• Main Author: Lowitt, Kristen N.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Resilience Alliance 2014
• Subjects: community food security; fisheries restructuring; foodscapes; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol19/iss3/art48/

Fisheries make vital contributions to food security and food security is an important part of fisheries governance. However, there are relatively few in-depth studies examining the consequences of collapsed and changing fisheries for the food security of coastal communities. In this case study I use the concept of the coastal foodscape to look at the relationship between changing fisheries and community food security in the Bonne Bay region on the west coast of Newfoundland. I examine the social-ecological interactions that compose the local food system and their changing relationship to community food security, and point to directions for developing a more resilient and democratic food system.