Based upon research conducted in a Newfoundland fishing village, this paper examines the efforts of local inshore fishers to adapt to the dramatic political, economic and environmental changes they have experienced over the past decade. Central to its focus are the changes which have occurred in the state's policies governing the regulation of the inshore fishery. State efforts to reduce the harvesting capacity of the region's inshore fleet have primarily involved a reduction in the number of its eligible participants. This has mainly been accomplished by classifying fishers as either "core" or "non-core" based upon their ability to meet certain criteria, and then issuing licences and permits only to those with "core" status.; The primary argument presented here is that the creation of a new class of "real" or "professional" fishers, touted as participants in the "new global economy" is part of a larger, ongoing state project concerned with the modernization of rural Newfoundland.; A second argument presented is that the "professionalization" regime is an attempt to not only change the practice of fishers, but to also create a workforce more amenable to the needs of a modern "rational" and "globalized" marketplace. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
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