Frontmatter -- General Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Introduction: North Atlantic Maritime Peoples in Transition / ANDERSEN, RAOUL -- PART ONE The Transformation of Traditional Maritime Societies -- Socioeconomic Change in the Faroes / JACKSON, ANTHONY -- "Modernization" on the North Atlantic Coast: The Transformation of a Traditional Newfoundland Fishing Village / BRITAN, GERALD -- Marine Ecotypes in Preindustrial Sweden: A Comparative Discussion of Swedish Peasant Fishermen / LÖFGREN, ORVAR -- Development of Local and Regional Forms of Political Organization on the Gulf of St. Lawrence / CHAREST, PAUL -- PART TWO Modernization and the Organization of Production -- Adaptation to Changes in Technology and Government Policy: A Newfoundland Example (Cat Harbour) / ANTLER, ELLEN / FARIS, JAMES -- "Fish is Scarce": Fisheries Modernization on Fogo Island, Newfoundland / McCAY, BONNIE J. -- Labor Recruitment and the Family Crew in Newfoundland / STILES, GEOFFREY -- Innovative Enterprise and Social Change: A Case Study of Resource Control and Social Transactions in a Quebec Maritime Community / HEANEY, WILLIAM ¿. -- PART THREE Fishermen Competition and Social Relations -- Work Together, Eat Together: Conflict and Conflict Management in a Portuguese Fishing Village / JOHNSON, TWIG -- Variations in Traditional Inshore Fishing Rights in Maine Lobstering Communities / ACHESON, JAMES M. -- Play by the Rules or Don't Play at All: Space Division and Resource Allocation in a Rural Newfoundland Fishing Community / MARTIN, KENT O. -- Public and Private Access Management in Newfoundland Fishing / ANDERSEN, RAOUL -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects