Freshwater Fishing Strategies in Early Modern Sami Households

• Main Authors: Larsson, Jesper, Päiviö Sjaunja, Eva-Lotta
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: History; Ethnology; Cultural Studies; Lule Lappmark; Arctic; Arctic Anthropology; sami
• Online Access: https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/24210/; https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/24210/1/larsson_j_et_al_210531.pdf

Fish were absolutely necessary for survival for many households in preindustrial societies. Because fishing waters are considered a common-pool resource, it is difficult to exclude users, and the catch is subtractable. To learn what strategies were in place to avoid fish-stock depletion and secure c...