Posts Tagged "Economic Justice"


By Adam Soliman Plentiful in numbers but with a muted collective voice, the majority of fisheries around the world are small in scale. Comprising roughly 90 per cent of all fishers around the world, small-scale fisheries (SSF’s), make up the bulk of the estimated 34 million individuals who eke out a living in the low skill trade of fishing. Roughly 8 per cent of the world’s population finds itself depending on these fisheries for...

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By Adam Soliman On June 11, the MP for Sydney-Victoria Mark Eyking presented the problem of hundreds of fishermen being cut off from their employment insurance (EI) in the House of Commons. Eyking brought to light that over “180 people living in communities north of Cape Smokey — such as Bay St. Lawrence — were denied their insurance claims after a Service Canada investigation into claims between 2007 to 2010”.[1] The investigation...

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Bankruptcy in the United States is governed by the Bankruptcy Code set forth in Title 11 of the United States Code, sections 101-1330. Under chapter 12, debtors propose a repayment plan of installments to creditors over three to five years. Generally, the plan must provide for payments over three years unless the court approves a longer period. Under Chapter 12, certain special provisions are offered to family farms and fishermen, to...

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by Adam Soliman Failed fisheries management policies have led to catastrophic effects on livelihoods in coastal communities. In short, switching to catch shares that promote transferability without restrictions has led to a concentration of benefits to the detriment of small-scale fishers. Even if the adverse effects and social injustices were not predictable at the time these schemes were adopted, it is obvious now. Previous...

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