Fish, law, and colonialism : the legal capture of salmon in British Columbia

Fish, law, and colonialism : the legal capture of salmon in British Columbia / Douglas C. Harris.

"Pacific salmon fisheries, owned and managed by Aboriginal peoples, were transformed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by commercial and sport fisheries backed by the Canadian state and its law. Through detailed case studies of the conflicts over fish weirs on the Cowichan an...

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Main Author: Harris, Douglas C. (Douglas Colebrook)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
Indians of North America > Fishing > Law and legislation > British Columbia > History.
Salmon fisheries > Law and legislation > British Columbia > History.
LAW > Military.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
Indians of North America > Fishing > Law and legislation
Salmon fisheries > Law and legislation
Saumons > Pêche commerciale > Droit > Canada > Colombie-Britannique (Canada) > Histoire.
Indiens > Pêche > Canada > Colombie-Britannique (Canada)
Amérindien.
Droit.
Droits des autochtones.
Histoire.
Industrie de la pêche.
Pêche commerciale.
Saumon du Pacifique.
British Columbia
Colombie-Britannique (Province)
Electronic books.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Legal Capture
  • Native Fisheries
  • The Common Law of Fisheries
  • Treaty Rights
  • The Fisheries Act, 1877
  • Salmon Fisheries Regulations, 1878
  • Master and Servant Law in the Fisheries, 1877
  • Increasing Surveillance, 1878-1887
  • Native Fisheries Law
  • Fishery Regulations, 1888
  • Fishery Regulations, 1894
  • Conclusion
  • 2 Fish Weirs and Legal Cultures on Babine Lake, 1904-1907
  • Babine Lake and Its People
  • A Permanent White Presence
  • Departments of the Dominion
  • Barricade Conflict, 1904
  • Old Cannery Nets, 1905
  • Barricade Conflict, 1906
  • Surrender and Trial
  • Ottawa Meetings
  • Implementing the Agreement
  • Conclusion
  • 3 The Law Runs Through It: Weirs, Logs, Nets, and Fly Fishing on the Cowichan River, 1877-1937
  • The Cowichan River and Its People
  • Land, Logs, Weirs, and a Settler Society
  • Protests, Prosecutions, and the Sport Fishery
  • Cannery Boats and Tourism
  • Royal Commissions
  • Reverse Onus, Prosecutions, Nets, and Weirs
  • Conclusion
  • 4 Law and Colonialism
  • Law and Colonialism, and British Columbia
  • Anglo-Canadian Law and the British Columbia Fishery
  • Native Law
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y.

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