The Development of the Pacific Salmon-Canning Industry: A Grown Man's Game

1991 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 210
Author(s):  
Louise C. Wade ◽  
Dianne Newell ◽  
Charlene J. Allison ◽  
Sue-Ellen Jacobs ◽  
Mary A. Porter
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Salmon ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Canning Industry

Restructuring Canadian Business History: A Review EssayNORTH AMERICAN PATTERNS OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT: THE CONTINENTAL CONTEXT. W.T. Easter-brook. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1990. xxviii, 272 pp.THE CANADIAN FUR TRADE IN THE INDUSTRIAL AGE. Arthur J. Ray. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1990. xviii, 283 pp.TIMOTHY EATON AND THE RISE OF HIS DEPARTMENT STORE. Joy L. Santink. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1990. xii, 319 pp.WORKING IN STEEL: THE EARLY YEARS IN CANADA, 1883-1935. Craig Heron. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1988. 223 pp.THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PACIFIC SALMON CANNING INDUSTRY: A GROWN MANS GAME. Ed. and Intro. Dianne Newell. Montreal/Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1989. xvii, 303 pp.THE COMMERCIAL FISHERY OF THE CANADIAN GREAT LAKES. A.B. McCullough. Ottawa: Environment Canada/ Canadian Parks Service, 1989. 153 pp.IN WHOSE INTEREST? QUEBEC’S CAISSES POPULAIRES 1900 1945. Ronald Rudin. Montreal/Kingston:McGilTQueen’s University Press, 1990. xvii, 185 pp.CO-OPERATIVE ORGANIZATIONS AND CANADIAN SOCIETY: POPULAR INSTITUTIONS AND THE DILEMMAS OF CHANGE. Ed. Murray E. Fulton. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1990. xiv, 345 pp.

1992 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 169-178
Author(s):  
Graham D. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Salmon ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Business History ◽  
Commercial Fishery ◽  
Environment Canada ◽  
Canadian Society ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Industrial Age ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Canning Industry

The Rationality of Mechanization in the Pacific Salmon-Canning Industry before the Second World War

1988 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 626-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dianne Newell
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Pacific Salmon ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Continuous Process ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Process Technology ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Labor System ◽  
Canning Industry ◽  
Second World

An industry may fail to adopt or to extend new technology for many reasons other than lack of entrepreneurial vision. In the following article, Professor Newell considers the halting and incomplete diffusion of mechanization and continuous-process technology in the salmon-canning industry of the Pacific Northwest. She shows that the fragile and cyclical character of the natural resource, the labor system employed, and the remote and isolated locations of individual production units all affected cannery operators' decisions about technology adoption, and that the persistence of manual labor reflected rational, not reactionary, business choices.

The Development of the Pacific Salmon-Canning Industry: A Grown Man's Game

1991 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 416
Author(s):  
Patrick W. O'Bannon ◽  
Dianne Newell
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Salmon ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Canning Industry

The Development of the Pacific Salmon-Canning Industry: A Grown Man's Game.

1991 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 386
Author(s):  
Richard A. Hawkins ◽  
Dianne Newell
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Salmon ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Canning Industry

Coevolution of the Pacific salmon and Pacific Rim topography

Geology ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 28 (12) ◽  
pp. 1107 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Montgomery
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Salmon ◽  
Pacific Rim ◽  
The Pacific

Play it Again Sam — an Essay on Salmon Enhancement

1974 ◽  
Vol 31 (8) ◽  
pp. 1433-1456 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. A. Larkin
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Pacific Salmon ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
Research Information ◽  
Control Programs ◽  
Successful Program ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Management And Development ◽  
Economic Worth

For more than 100 years efforts have been made to increase the abundance of the various species of Pacific salmon. The success of these ventures is largely a matter of conjecture because the scale of natural fluctuations is sufficient to mask the effect of human intervention. No well-defined program for salmon enhancement has yet been developed for British Columbia as a whole. This is mainly attributable to the pressures for providing protection for the existing stocks in the circumstances of an intensive fishery and increasing effects of other resource uses.From a social point of view, salmon enhancement is a highly desirable activity. Salmon occupy a special place in the culture of residents of the Pacific coast. Salmon arc economically valuable and salmon fishing provides a rich source of employment. Recreational fisheries are valuable but their true economic worth is difficult to judge. Benefit:cost ratios for salmon enhancement should be calculated for whole programs rather than for individual projects to obtain an approach consistent with the desirable strategy of development.From a biological point of view, salmon enhancement is feasible. There is potential in the ocean for growing more salmon; many historic runs can be rebuilt and there are many opportunities for colonizing watersheds that are currently inaccessible to salmon. Harvesting of increased stocks of salmon could pose risks for natural stocks that are relatively unproductive. More effective management and development of new strains of salmon may be required in these circumstances. Predator-control programs may in some instances be useful adjuncts to salmon-enhancement projects.The types of enhancement activity that will most likely be rewarding are those that interfere least with the natural life history. Removal of obstructions, regulation of stream flow, construction of artificial spawning channels, are typical simple measures that involve less research information and less risk than rearing hatcheries.Priorities for different salmon-enhancement projects involve consideration of the regional economic and social conditions as well as appreciation of the biological and physical problems. Regardless of priorities it is essential to a successful program that there be a commitment to continuity. Additionally, the total administrative complex for salmon enhancement should involve research components.The execution of a successful salmon-enhancement program depends on the establishment of an agency with the single responsibility of salmon enhancement. The financing of a successful program should depend partly on revenues generated from the resource users, such as a tax on commercially caught salmon, a license for saltwater angling. Special grants from federal and provincial governments would also be appropriate. Regardless of the administrative arrangements, it is urgently necessary that provincial government involvement be more substantial than it is at present. With their control over resource management practices, the provincial government is in a vital position for maintenance of freshwater environments.An investment of at least $100 million, and probably twice that amount, could be undertaken in a salmon-enhancement program that could be executed within 10 years. There are compelling reasons for starting on this enhancement program immediately.

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