Fish, law, and colonialism : the legal capture of salmon in British Columbia / Douglas C. Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Douglas C. (Douglas Colebrook)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Salmon fisheries--Law and legislation--British Columbia--History.

Salmon fisheries.

Indians of North America--Fishing--Law and legislation--British Columbia--History.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Fishing--Law and legislation.

History.

Salmon fisheries--Law and legislation.

British Columbia.

Physical Description:

ix, 306 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2001]

Contents:

1 Legal Capture 14

Native Fisheries 18

The Common Law of Fisheries 27

Treaty Rights 33

The Fisheries Act, 1877 39

Salmon Fisheries Regulations, 1878 44

Master and Servant Law in the Fisheries, 1877 49

Increasing Surveillance, 1878-1887 55

Native Fisheries Law 61

Fishery Regulations, 1888 66

Fishery Regulations, 1894 69

2 Fish Weirs and Legal Cultures on Babine Lake, 1904-1907 79

Babine Lake and Its People 80

A Permanent White Presence 86

Departments of the Dominion 90

Barricade Conflict, 1904 92

Old Cannery Nets, 1905 102

Barricade Conflict, 1906 105

Surrender and Trial 111

Ottawa Meetings 113

Implementing the Agreement 120

3 The Law Runs Through It: Weirs, Logs, Nets, and Fly Fishing on the Cowichan River, 1877-1937 127

The Cowichan River and Its People 128

Land, Logs, Weirs, and a Settler Society 136

Protests, Prosecutions, and the Sport Fishery 142

Cannery Boats and Tourism 159

Royal Commissions 168

Reverse Onus, Prosecutions, Nets, and Weirs 174

4 Law and Colonialism 186

Law and Colonialism, and British Columbia 196

Anglo-Canadian Law and the British Columbia Fishery 202

Native Law 208.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0802035981

0802084532

OCLC:

47161283