This paper seeks to outline the normative beliefs that fish harvesters in two communities in rural Newfoundland -Twillingate and Fogo Island, have about their economic lives. These beliefs have the potential to substantively affect communities’ engagement with resource governance and regulatory policies. Specifically, this paper examines three sets of beliefs. The first is how harvesters view the relationship between the resources they extract and the towns those resources sustain. The second looks at when inequality is acceptable or unacceptable in these communities. The third concerns the circumstances under which people should be able to buy or sell their right to harvest a resource. This paper uses 21 interviews with fish harvesters in Twillingate and Fogo Island, as well as evidence from previous anthropological and economic studies, to examine the harvesters’ normative beliefs and what impact they might have on policies and policymakers.

本文旨在概述规范性的信念，即纽芬兰农村的两个社区-Twillingate和Fogo Island的捕捞者对他们的经济生活有一定的看法。这些信念可能会实质性地影响社区对资源治理和监管政策的参与。具体来说，本文考察了三组信念。首先是收割者如何看待他们所开采的资源与这些资源所维持的城镇之间的关系。第二部分着眼于在这些社区中不平等是可接受的还是不可接受的。第三个问题涉及人们在何种情况下应该能够买卖其收获资源的权利。本文使用了21个在Twillingate和Fogo岛的捕捞者的访谈，以及以前的人类学和经济研究的证据，