Exercising sovereignty on the sea: Even as capital divests fishers the world over of their access rights in the fisheries, in North America, the Passamaquoddy tribe is exercising its sovereignty on the sea

Molyneaux, Paul (2012) Exercising sovereignty on the sea: Even as capital divests fishers the world over of their access rights in the fisheries, in North America, the Passamaquoddy tribe is exercising its sovereignty on the sea. Yemaya (39). pp. 2-4. ISSN 0973-1172

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Abstract

In the battle for resources in North America, the triumph of technology and capital over the rights of indigenous peoples and historical user groups has long been celebrated as “progress”. But in 1980, a historic legal verdict changed the balance of power between a sovereign nation of Native Americans and the United States (US) government. A US court recognized the legitimacy of the claim of the Passamaquoddy tribe to over 2 mn acres in the State of Maine, and the tribe settled for a sum of US$12.5 mn and 150,000 acres of land.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM339
Keywords:	Yemaya, ICSF, USA, Women, Traditional Fisheries, Action Plan, Access Rights, Sovereignty, Small-scale Fisheries
Subjects:	Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Chitti Babu ICSF
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2021 12:42
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2022 04:38
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/730

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