Geography 2010A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Grand Banks Of Newfoundland, Georges Bank, Fish Processing
18 Sep 2017
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Confederation: provinces of atlantic canada joined confederation at different times/reasons. Newfoundland votes for confederation narrowly: nfl real question = join canada or remain independent political entity. Mothers received monthly family allowance payment for each child and that payment provided a reliable source of cash: 2. Continuance of the commission government for five years: 2. Independent nfl took 44. 5% of vote, joining canada at 41. 1: during second referendum, commission of government was eliminated and 52. 3% voted for joining canada. New fishing system created circumstance for overfishing: 3. Overfishing forced inshore fishers to turn to government assistance to survive: fishers from both the maritimes and new england harvest the fish stocks on georges. Estimates of cod stocks by the federal department of fisheries and oceans were overly optimistic and too often disregarded knowledge of fishers: 2. Strong pressure from high cod quotas came from nfl politicians and form major fish processors: 3.
