The State and Small-Scale Fisheries in Puerto Rico

by Ricardo Perez

Based on anthropological and historical research in Puerto Rico from 1996 to 2002, Perez's study explains how and why state intervention has retarded the development of small-scale fishing economies by discouraging opportunities for capital accumulation in coastal communities. Drawing on interviews with fishers, fishery agents and scientists, and government officials, along with household surveys and archival research, Perez analyzes the rural economic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813029015
• ISBN13: 9780813029016
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"