North Atlantic Fishermen

Anthropological Essays on Modern Fishing

Edited by Raoul Andersen & Cato Wadel
Series: Social and Economic Papers
Publisher: ISER Books
Paperback : 9780919666023, 186 pages, January 1972

Description

These field studies were conducted among commercial fishermen in Newfoundland, Norway, Shetland and Sweden. Although the fishermen work with similar technologies in similar physical environments, they take different decisions with respect to a number of economic and social matters. The essays explore these differences--in work organization, crew formation and maintenance, and information management.