General Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Introduction: North Atlantic Maritime Peoples in Transition -- PART ONE: THE TRANSFORMATION OF TRADITIONAL MARITIME SOCIETIES -- Socioeconomic Change in the Faroes -- Modernization on the North Atlantic Coast: The Transformation of a Traditional Newfoundland Fishing Village -- Marine Ecotypes in Preindustrial Sweden: A Comparative Discussion of Swedish Peasant Fishermen -- Development of Local and Regional Forms of Political Organization on the Gulf of St. Lawrence -- PART TWO: MODERNIZATION AND THE ORGANIZATION OF PRODUCTION -- Adaptation to Changes in Technology and Government Policy: A Newfoundland Example (Cat Harbour) -- Fish is Scarce: Fisheries Modernization on Fogo Island, Newfoundland -- Labor Recruitment and the Family Crew in Newfoundland -- Innovative Enterprise and Social Change: A Case Study of Resource Control and Social Transactions in a Quebec Maritime Community -- PART THREE: FISHERMEN COMPETITION AND SOCIAL RELATIONS -- Work Together, Eat Together: Conflict and Conflict Management in a Portuguese Fishing Village -- Variations in Traditional Inshore Fishing Rights in Maine Lobstering Communities -- Play by the Rules or Don't Play at All: Space Division and Resource Allocation in a Rural Newfoundland Fishing Community -- Public and Private Access Management in Newfoundland Fishing -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.