 | From Outpost to Outport: A Structural Analysis of the Jersey-Gaspé Cod Fishery, 1767-1886 Subjects: Fish trade -- Quebec (Province) -- Gaspé -- History; Fish trade -- Channel Islands -- Jersey -- History; Cod-fisheries -- Economic aspects -- Quebec (Province) -- Gaspé; Gaspé (Quebec) -- Commerce -- Channel Island -- Jersey -- History; Jersey (Channel Is; In 1766 Gaspé became an outpost of the Jersey metropole; in 1886 the Channel island of Jersey abandoned the region, reducing Gaspé, on Quebec's Atlantic coast, to Canadian outport status. From Outpost to Outport provides a structural and theoretical examination of the economic relationship between Jersey and Gaspé, explaining the development of codfish as a staple which, under merchant capital, secured success for Jersey at the expense of underdevelopment in Gaspé. Ommer Rosemary E. : Rosemary E. Ommer heads the Coasts Under Stress Research project Team. She is the SSHRC grants facilitator and co-director, Institute for Social Ecological Studies, University of Victoria. The Coasts Under Stress Research Project Team is made up natura |
