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Sea Cucumbers, from distant St. Pierre Bank, to distant China

Sea Cucumbers, from distant St. Pierre Bank, to distant China. Tragedy of the Commons: Bio-Economic Model. COSTS. YIELD. E (oa). E(msy). E(mey). EFFORT. Last Cod Trap Skiff in Joe Batt’s Arm, 2002. Tragedies of the Commoners. Economic, cultural & social costs of the above

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Sea Cucumbers, from distant St. Pierre Bank, to distant China

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  1. Sea Cucumbers, from distant St. Pierre Bank, to distant China

  2. Tragedy of the Commons: Bio-Economic Model COSTS YIELD E (oa) E(msy) E(mey) EFFORT

  3. Last Cod Trap Skiff in Joe Batt’s Arm, 2002

  4. Tragedies of the Commoners • Economic, cultural & social costs of the above • Disincentives for conservation • Vulnerability • Poverty and indebtedness; return of “merchant power” • Social divisions within and between communities • “intensification traps” • Competing interests and limits to local and regional autonomy

  5. “tragedy of the commons” …but what kind? • Tragedy of the Open Access Commons? Case of Folly? • AND/OR of • …Incursion & International Politics (the foreign fisheries) • …Welfare State (family allowance, fishermen’s unemployment) • …Scientific Hubris • lag in coming to terms with problems in stock assessment models) • resistance to anecdoctal information (inability to incorporate info. from inshore fisheries) • …Political translation (Ministerial resistance to scientists’ recommendations) • …Failure to Learn from History?

  6. Tragedies of the Commons: more than fish • Mis-management and decline of cod, salmon, and much more (lumpfish, flounders, capelin…) • Moving “down the food chain” (from cod and salmon to shrimp and crabs and sea cucumbers and sea urchins….) • Privatization and industrial transformation of natural resource economies… • Suburbanization of rural communities

  7. Enclosure of the Commons:‘Tilly’ and foal, Oliver’s Cove (Albert Cluett’s Garden), July 2001

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