Impacts of neoliberal policies on non-market fishing economies on the Yukon River, Alaska

David Jenkins

Marine Policy, 2015, vol. 61, issue C, 356-365

Abstract: This paper describes how and why a relatively minor, mostly native non-market economy founded on subsistence-caught Chinook salmon in Alaska has become the object of controversy and increasing regulatory pressure. Small-scale exchanges of cash for subsistence-caught fish conflict with a neoliberal emphasis on markets, profit maximization, and private property. This paper clarifies the role of neoliberal policies in shaping and even causing the controversy over these exchanges, and the consequences for management of Chinook salmon on the Yukon River.

Keywords: Neoliberalism; Subsistence; Salmon; Customary trade; Bering Sea; Yukon River (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2014.12.004

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