Fishing a borderless sea
Subtitle: environmental territorialism in the North Atlantic, 1818-1910
By: Brian J. Payne.
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: East Lansing
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780870138744
Subjects: Baitfish fisheries -- North Atlantic Ocean -- History -- 19th century; Baitfish fisheries -- North Atlantic Ocean -- History -- 20th century; Fishers -- North Atlantic Ocean -- History; Social conflict -- North Atlantic Ocean -- History; Territorial waters -- North Atlantic Ocean -- History; Fishery resources -- North Atlantic Ocean -- History; Fishery law and legislation -- History; International economic relations -- History -- 19th century; International economic relations -- History -- 20th century; North Atlantic Ocean -- Commerce -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "White-washed Yankees" : the beginnings of the bait trade, 1790-1854; title: "Intrusion of strangers" : seeking local control in an emerging national context, 1854-1885; title: "A fisherman ought to be a free trader anyway" : the bait trade in diplomatic controversy, 1886-1888; title: "Peaceable settlement" : bait and international law, 1888-1910.