The ties that bind: culture and agriculture, property and propriety in the Newfoundland village fishery.

The article examines the social constraints in terms of property and agriculture that emerged in establishing elite hegemony over the fisher-folks in the Newfoundland village fishery. It provides a historical overview of the technology and organization of the in-shore cod-fishery in the area. It offers an explanation why English merchants who sponsored the migratory fishery in Newfoundland could not compete with the company of settlers from London and Bristol, England over year-round settlement. It also discusses the effects of the truck and tal qual methods of payment involving fisher-families on the price and demand for cod.