Landlords, leaseholders & sweat equity: changing property regimes in aquaculture

This paper explores the tensions, issues and problems being experienced by one small fishing community off Canada's east coast, as it confronts the ch allenges of a rapidly growing aquaculture industry. It examines the signifi cance for the community of changing property regimes, directly related to a government policy, proclaimed in October 2000, that is transforming owners hip patterns in the industry, and creating new property regimes through the allocation of aquaculture sites. It argues that this policy reflects a fun damentally different ideology that is taking away community control over re sources and threatening livelihoods dependent upon the wild fishery. (C) 20 01 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.