Fishing

Jesper Larsson () and Eva-Lotta Päiviö Sjaunja ()
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Jesper Larsson: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Eva-Lotta Päiviö Sjaunja: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Chapter Chapter 5 in Self-Governance and Sami Communities, 2022, pp 91-121 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The chapter describes Sami fishing in interior lakes, streams, and rivers in detail. Fishing has specific characteristics for various species and seasons. The waters in interior Fennoscandia generally are considered low in productivity, but waters in the two regions, forest and mountains, differ. The main argument put forward is that users who had access to rivers, lakes, and streams in the boreal forest had better possibilities to create a livelihood based on fishing compared to those who lived in or closer to the mountains. To create social and economic stability for the household, fishing was organized as an exclusive right, resembling private property. At the end of the early modern period, these areas became smaller and it became harder to survive on fishing.

Keywords: Fresh water; Fishing; Common-pool resources; Property rights; Boreal forest; Low-productivity waters; Small-scale fisheries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-87498-8_5

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