The Globalization and Recovery subcomponent looked at fisheries and fishing-dependent communities of western Newfoundland in the context of broader regional and globalization processes, especially those affecting labour markets and markets for fish products.

The following questions guided the research:

• How is the fishing industry functioning in the post-moratorium period and what are its future prospects?
• How can we best understand the current situation of and prospects for communities that have been dependent on the fishery?
• How have these communities adjusted to the collapse of the groundfish fisheries?
• What new opportunities are being pursued and what challenges exist, particularly in terms of labour and markets?

Areas for particular studies were Burnt Islands and Port Aux Basques on the southwest coast, St. Anthony on the northeastern corner of the Great Northern Peninsula, and Port au Choix, about half way up the western coast of the Northern Peninsula.

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