{"product_id":"contested-catch-suzanne-morton-9781487571771","title":"Contested Catch: Lobster, Localism, and Canada's Atlantic Coast, 1870-1970","description":"\u003cem\u003eContested Catch: Lobster and Localism on Canada's Atlantic Coast, 1870-1970\u003c\/em\u003e explores the complex development of the lobster fishery in Canada, focusing on the interplay between the ecology of lobsters, local fishing practices, evolving technologies, changing markets, and the role of the state. Drawing on nearly thirty different archives, this book spans the century from the expansion of the transnational commercial lobster industry and the introduction of government regulations around 1870 to the establishment of the first restricted-access ocean fishery on Canada's East Coast in the late 1960s.\u003cbr\u003eSuzanne Morton argues that lobster regulation was always about more than just protecting the lobster population - it reflected deeper local, political, and economic forces at play. She examines how the Canadian state, keeping its enforcement budget to a minimum and wanting to avoid electoral reprisals, interacted with local communities, businesses, and political groups to regulate fisheries. While the government and other officials implemented formal regulations and turned to commissions and government science, local fishers operated with informal systems based on tradition, economic interests, and sometimes coercion. \u003cbr\u003eFollowing the Second World War, with economists playing a prominent role, policy shifted from managing lobster as a sustainable resource to increasing the standard of living for fishermen and their families through rationalized efficiency, ultimately limiting access to who could fish. Even then, the fishery was shaped by both formal government efforts and local, social dynamics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Suzanne Morton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487571771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487571771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Suzanne Morton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47199796691199,"sku":"9781487571771","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_467e5623-977e-43fd-bd97-7d336822543a.jpg?v=1756785247","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/contested-catch-suzanne-morton-9781487571771","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}