The North Atlantic Fisheries: Successes, Failures and Challenges (An Island Living)

The North Atlantic fisheries are in crisis: witness the devastation of stocks, boundary disputes among nations, the destruction of livelihoods, and, in some places, the disappearance of a way of life. How did this come about? And what is to be done? The North Atlantic Fisheries looks at five important North Atlantic Islands that derive much of their economic livelihood and cultural identity from the cold waters that surround them. They are the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island. This book examines the various ways in which each has attempted to use the resources of the sea -- principally fish -- to ensure human survival.