Fish, Law, and Colonialism: The Legal Capture of Salmon in British Columbia

by Douglas C. Harris

Book Overview

An engrossing history, Fish, Law, and Colonialism recounts the human conflict over fish and fishing in British Columbia and of how that conflict was shaped by law.

Pacific salmon fisheries, owned and managed by Aboriginal peoples, were transformed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by commercial and sport fisheries backed by the Canadian state and its law. Through detailed case studies of the conflicts over fish...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802084532
• ISBN13: 9780802084538
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher