An Investigation of Cree Indian Domestic Fisheries in Northern Québec

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Berkes, Fikret
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1979
• Subjects: Cree Indians; Fish management; Fishing; Subsistence; Chisasibi; Québec; James Bay region; Fort George; Indian; Arctic; Cree indians; James Bay
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65657

Domestic or subsistence fisheries of the eastern James Bay Cree were studied, mainly in Fort George, by direct observation. These fisheries were characterized by large numbers of participants, low catches per day and per fisherman, but high catches per length of net used, as compared to commercial f...