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"Pushing for the Highline" : The Diffusion of Innovations in the Oregon Otter Trawl Fishery

Creator:

Stephenson, Garry Owen

Abstract:

Implementation of. the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 affords opportunities for fishery expansion and economic development in the Oregon otter trawl fishery. The changes stimulated by the Act should occur, according to social science theorists, by the diffusion of innovations from innovative fishermen to less innovative fishermen, with...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis