Competing use of marine space in a modernizing fishery: salmon farming meets lobster fishing on the Bay of Fundy
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Coastal fishing communities are frequently portrayed as bastions of tradition at odds with the modernizing forces of technological change and industrial capitalism. This article examines this debate in the context of intensive aquaculture introduced into regions formerly dependent on the wild fishery, specifically with respect to the explosive growth of salmon farming in New Brunswick. New farm sites are large, often located within or close to traditional lobster fishing areas, which has motivated considerable opposition from local fishermen. This article presents findings from research on interactions between salmon farming and lobster fishing around Deer Island and Grand Manan, New Brunswick. Fishermen and salmon farmers are concerned about possible long-term effects of farm operations on marine environmental quality and lobster health, and many are concerned about the concentration of ownership and lack of local control over the aquaculture industry. The potential for physical displacement from traditional fishing grounds is real, but the actual impacts have been tempered by a combination of factors, including unusually large lobster catches in recent years; technological advances that have encouraged a shift in lobster fishing effort further offshore, away from salmon farm sites; and social accommodations between salmon site managers and those who fish L’exploitation compétitive de l’espace marin dans un secteur de la pêche en voie de modernisation: la salmoniculture se heurte à la pêche au homard dans la baie de Fundy Les villes côtières vivant de la pêche sont souvent considérées comme les derniers bastions de la tradition, en opposition aux forces modernisatrices représentées par les changements technologiques et le capitalisme industriel. L’article étudie cette position dans le contexte de l’arrivée intensive de l’aquaculture dans des milieux qui dépendaient de la pêche de stocks sauvages, particulièrement en ce qui a trait à la croissance fulgurante de la salmoniculture au Nouveau-Brunswick. Les nouvelles fermes d’élevage sont de taille importante, souvent situées à l’intérieur ou à proximité des lieux de pêche traditionnels du homard, ce qui amène les pêcheurs locaux à manifester leur opposition. Cet article présente les conclusions d’une recherche portant sur les interactions entre la salmoniculture et la pêche au homard dans les eaux environnantes de Deer Island et Grand Manan au Nouveau-Brunswick. Les pêcheurs et les éleveurs de saumon sont préoccupés par les impacts potentiels à long terme des exploitations salmonicoles sur la qualité du milieu marin et sur la santé des homards. Plusieurs s’inquiètent de la concentration de la propriété et de l’absence de contrôle local sur l’industrie aquicole. Si les risques
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