This paper reports on a 3-year research project that is
timely with respect to this devolution trend. The project
focuses on community-based, inshore fisher organizations
in the Scotia–Fundy Region of the Canadian
Maritimes (i.e., the Bay of Fundy and the Scotian Shelf
off Nova Scotia) and provides the opportunity for social
scientists and fishers to work together to develop fisher
social science research competencies.