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Author Binkley, Marian Elizabeth, 1950-

Title Risks, dangers, and rewards in the Nova Scotia offshore fishery / Marian Binkley.

Publication Info. Montréal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, [1995]
©1995

Item Status

Description 1 online resource (xi, 192 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-187) and index.
Summary "According to Labour Canada, workers in the offshore fishery are more likely to be injured than workers in mining, construction, or forestry. Yet until recently these casualties at sea have been largely ignored by government and labour organizations. In this comprehensive evaluation of the Nova Scotia offshore fishery Marian Binkley documents the level of risk and assesses the general health and stress level of workers in the industry. She considers shipboard working environment; stress; accidents, injuries, and general health; safety awareness; job satisfaction and family life; and the impact on working conditions of government resource policies and companies' scientific management strategies." "Using statistical analysis, participant observation, surveys, and interviews, Binkley establishes that factors such as technological developments, management changes, and home and community life affect the immediate work experience of fishers and can increase the dangers of an already hazardous occupation."--Jacket.
Contents ""Contents""; ""Figures and Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Theoretical Considerations""; ""3 Working Conditions""; ""4 The Social Context: Wives and Families""; ""5 Job Satisfaction""; ""6 Trading Off Wages and Nonmonetary Benefits""; ""7 Counting the Dangers""; ""8 The Stress and Strain of Fishing""; ""9 Safety Awareness""; ""10 Toward a Safer Fishery""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""O""; ""S""; ""T""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""
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Subject Fishers -- Health and hygiene -- Nova Scotia.
Fishers -- Health and hygiene.
Nova Scotia.
Fishers.
Fishers -- Wounds and injuries -- Nova Scotia.
Wounds and injuries.
Fishers -- Job stress -- Nova Scotia.
Job stress.
Fisheries -- Accidents -- Nova Scotia.
Fisheries -- Accidents.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Binkley, Marian Elizabeth, 1950- Risks, dangers, and rewards in the Nova Scotia offshore fishery. Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1995 (DLC) 95900372
ISBN 9780773565456 (electronic book)
0773565450 (electronic book)
0773513132
9780773513136