For commercial fishing, permits are required, probably from Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The problem is that the fishery, supposedly a renewable resource, has been depleted. The problem is that as long as there appeared to be fish, it was politically very unpopular to try to stop fishing - "don't tell me there ain't no fish. I been ketching them!" Another tragedy of the commons.
Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Pollard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ed Weick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Karen Watters Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 5:17 PM Subject: Re: [Futurework] Local living economies > Ed, > > Do the fishermen just sail out and catch fish, or is a permit of some kind > required? > > If the second, who owns the permits? > > Harry > ---------------------------------------------- > > Ed wrote: > > > >Perhaps it depends on the kind of small community we are talking > >about. My son is currently teaching in a community on the Labrador > >coast. The fishery has been devastated, and as a survival strategy > >community leaders are foraging in the bureaucracy for government > >support. To survive at all, the community must export its kids, and many > >of the kids know it and are preparing for it by being good students. In > >contrast, an in-law lives on one of the Gulf Islands on the west > >coast. He and many of his neighbours moved to their rural communities by > >choice, bringing their money with them. They have barter fairs and enjoy > >trading among themselves. > > > >In the communities of rural western Canada where I did some of my growing > >up it was always understood that one kid would get the farm and the rest > >would have to move out to the city to become professionals and > >entrepreneurs, or perhaps bums. > > > >Ed Weick > > > **************************************************** > Harry Pollard > Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles > Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 > Tel: (818) 352-4141 -- Fax: (818) 353-2242 > http://home.attbi.com/~haledward > **************************************************** > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.486 / Virus Database: 284 - Release Date: 5/29/2003 > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
