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Author Payne, Brian J.

Title Fishing a borderless sea : environmental territorialism in the North Atlantic, 1818-1910 / Brian J. Payne
Published East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 164 pages) : maps
Contents "White-washed Yankees" : the beginnings of the bait trade, 1790-1854 -- "Intrusion of strangers" : seeking local control in an emerging national context, 1854-1885 -- "A fisherman ought to be a free trader anyway" : the bait trade in diplomatic controversy, 1886-1888 -- "Peaceable settlement" : bait and international law, 1888-1910
Summary Over the centuries, processing and distribution of products from land and sea has stimulated the growth of a global economy. In the broad sweep of world history, it may be hard to imagine a place for the meager little herring baitfish. Yet, as Brian Payne adeptly recounts, the baitfish trade was hotly contested in the Anglo-American world throughout the nineteenth century. Politicians called for wars, navies were dispatched with guns at the ready, vessels were seized at sea, and violence erupted at sea. Yet, the battle over baitfish was not simply a diplomatic or political affair. Fishermen from hundreds of villages along the coastline of Atlantic Canada and New England played essential roles in the construction of legal authority that granted or denied access to these profitable bait fisheries. Fishing a Borderless Sea illustrates how everyday laborers created a complex system of environmental stewardship that enabled them to control the local resources while also allowing them access into the larger global economy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-160) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Baitfish fisheries -- North Atlantic Ocean -- History -- 19th century
Baitfish fisheries -- North Atlantic Ocean -- History -- 20th century
Fishers -- North Atlantic Ocean -- History
Social conflict -- North Atlantic Ocean -- History
Territorial waters -- North Atlantic Ocean -- History
Fishery resources -- North Atlantic Ocean -- History
Fishery law and legislation -- History
International economic relations -- History -- 19th century
International economic relations -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- General.
Baitfish fisheries
Commerce
Fishers
Fishery law and legislation
Fishery resources
International economic relations
Social conflict
Territorial waters
SUBJECT North Atlantic Ocean -- Commerce -- History
Subject North Atlantic Ocean
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2009027370
ISBN 9781609172152
1609172159