A Fishery for Modern Times The State and the Industrialization of the Newfoundland Fishery, 1934-1968

by Wright, Miriam

• ISBN13: 9780195416206
• ISBN10: 0195416201
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The collapse of the cod stocks off the coast of Newfoundland was one of the largest ecological disasters in Canadian history. In an attempt to understand this crisis, Wright looks at the years 1934-1968, a time in which new and significant forces impinged on the fishery. In examining the rise of the modern frozen fish sector, Wright offers insight into contemporary problems plaguing the fish industry.

Author Biography

Miriam Wright has published several journal articles and papers in other books. She is currently aSSHRC post-doctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Introduction	1	(9)
PART I INDUSTRIALIZATION IN DEPRESSION AND WARTIME: THE 1930s AND 1940s
Beginnings in a Dying Colonial Regime	10	(27)
PART II PLANNING FOR A NEW FISHERY: THE 1950s
Visions of Development in the Canadian Context	37	(28)
Federal-Provincial Conflict, Co-operation, and Compromise	65	(16)
Smallwood and the Frozen-Fish Companies	81	(23)
PART III COMPETITION FOR THE RESOURCE AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF INDUSTRIALIZATION: THE 1960s
Facing the `City of Trawlers' in Newfoundland	104	(22)
Federal Response to a Changing Fishery	126	(24)
Conclusion	150	(8)
Notes	158	(31)
Index	189