This study examines the complex problems associated with the
allocation and management of mobile salmon resources passing through politically partitioned land and sea space in southeastern Alaska and northern
British Columbia.
While the salmon fishing industry was found to be relatively
important at the local level, it is suggested that the salmon of Canadian
origin removed off Noyes Island "by Alaskan fishermen are not of critical
importance to the economies of either Alaska or British Columbia when considered
as a whole. Therefore, it is concluded that the Noyes Island conflict
should not be allowed to jeopardize the salmon conservation programs of Canada
and the United States by provoking a de facto abrogation of a mutually advantageous
treaty designed to prevent the massive oceanic capture of salmon.
From this case study in political geography it was determined that
salmon fishing conflicts can best be understood by examining: (1) The
peculiar nature of the salmon resource. (2) The state of knowledge concerning
its origins and movements and the spatial implications of these movements.
(3) The evolution of opposing national fisheries, (4) Interrelated political
considerations. It was also found that salmon fishing conflicts could be
classified into two categories based upon quantitative and ideological
differences. Finally, a tentative geographic model was constructed that could
serve as the basis for organizing future enquiry into salmon fishing disputes
by clearly illustrating the spatial problems common to such conflicts. The
model particularly emphasizes the lack of congruency between biotic and
political units and the effects this has on competing, nationally organized
exploitation of the salmon resource. / Arts, Faculty of / Geography, Department of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/41709 |
| Date | January 1967 |
| Creators | Logan, Roderick MacKenzie |
| Publisher | University of British Columbia |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use. |
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