Competing use of marine space in a modernizing fishery: Salmon farming meets lobster fishing on the Bay of Fundy

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-159

  Walters, Bradley B ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL FISHERY; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); FISHING COMMUNITY; INTENSIVE CULTURE; LOBSTER FISHERY; MODERNIZATION; SALMONID CULTURE; SALMONID FISHERY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY; CANADA; DEER ISLAND; GRAND MANAN ISLAND; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

CERVIDAE;

EID: 34547157494     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2007.00171.x     Document Type: Article

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