Open AccessPolicy, Processors, and Boats: Fishing In Modern Iceland
Author(s) -
Durrenberger E. Paul,
Palsson Gisli
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
central issues in anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1937-6227
pISSN - 0739-7917
DOI - 10.1525/cia.1982.4.2.31
Subject(s) - fishing , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , distribution (mathematics) , production (economics) , economy , economics , macroeconomics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , biology
We argue that to understand fishing in modern Iceland, it must be contexualized in terms of a system which includes three subsystems: (1) production–catching and processing, (2) distribution–selling processed fish internationally, (3) policy–establishing fishing areas, gear, periods, prices, quotas, and attempts to influence policy. We briefly outline the components of this system in contemporary Iceland. We conclude that if comparative studies of fishing are to be useful, they must go beyond comparisons of fishing boats to comparisons of fishing systems.