Showing papers by "Bonnie J. McCay published in 1984"
TL;DR: This article investigated piscatorial piracy in commercial fishing communities of the Raritan Bay region of New Jersey and found that piracy is cultural, it is a response to enclosure of the marine commons, and it is grounded in historical disputes over property rights in marine resources.
Abstract: This paper investigates piscatorial piracy-fish and shellfish poaching-in the past and present experience of commercial fishing communities of the Raritan Bay region of New Jersey. Ethnographic and historical research supports the following interpretations: piracy is cultural; it is a response to enclosure of the marine commons; and it is grounded in historical disputes over property rights in marine resources that suggest the importance of class-specific social relations within the fisheries. "Notable Pyrate; thou salt-water Theefe"-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, v.i. 72.
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