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New Perspectives Issue Brings Out the Voices of Salmon People

05.09.2012

Indigenous coastal people in Norway and in Canada share a common history: a reliance on the remarkable wild salmon. But as salmon aquaculture has become globalized, they've had to face a shared present-day challenge: how to preserve their tradition, the wild stocks, and their livelihoods.

They have found aquaculture can be a blessing or a curse.

This new volume of RCC Perspectives brings together the voices of indigenous salmon fishers from these two countries and broadcasts their diverse experiences balancing tradition and a controversial modern industry.

A result of a workshop hosted by the RCC in October 2011, the volume shows the importance of international and intercultural dialogue in approaching natural resource challenges. The essays also demonstrate how these "salmon people" have been innovators in understanding and addressing the interactions between salmon farming and wild populations. 

The volume makes evident that the livelihoods and futures of salmon and salmon people are inextrictably intertwined, and that a unified voice could be crucial for navigating the way upstream.

Download a color version or printer-friendlier version of this issue.