In a Pinch: Snow Crab and the Politics of Crisis in Newfoundland

摘要: Drawing on historical sources and interviews, this paper discusses several key forces that have shaped the development of snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) fishery in Newfoundland. Once commonly discarded as a pest, has emerged economic foundation many rural coastal communities since cod moratorium early 1990s. While brought unprecedented prosperity to some commercial fishers, it also been prone significant price fluctuations benefits accruing from not widely shared. Accordingly, marked by frequent often bitter conflicts between different fishing fleet sectors processing companies, plant workers. These tensions reflect fundamentally visions how sustain into future which priorities should decide who most resource. S’appuyant sur des historiques et entrevues, ce document traite de plusieurs cles qui ont faconne l’elaboration la peche crabes neiges Terre-Neuve. Une fois mis au rebut couramment comme un ravageur, le crabe est apparu fondement economique nombreuses communautes rurales cotieres depuis moratoire morue du debut annees 1990. Bien que cette ait apporte une prosperite sans precedent pour certains pecheurs commerciaux, elle egalement subi importantes prix les avantages en decoulant n’ont pas ete partages largement. En consequence, marquee par conflits frequents souvent amers entre secteurs differents flottes crabe, usines transformation aliments, travailleurs ces transformation. Ces refletent fondamentalement differentes facon soutenir dans l’avenir priorites devraient decider profite plus ressource crabe.