ABSTRACT
This chapter provides background to the northern shrimp fishery and the allocations that groups in Nunatsiavut secured from the Canadian state. It describes state policies that led to the allocation of fish resources to Indigenous groups in this region, but also explores the active role of historically marginalised Inuit people of Labrador in securing and managing these important resources for coastal communities in Nunatsiavut. The chapter outlines how these resources were creatively used to support Nunatsiavut's inshore fishery, including more recent efforts to establish independent fish harvesters through a federal communal licence system. It explores the growth of this inshore fish sector and the constraints and tensions that are emerging as these harvesters attempt to create livelihoods opportunities with relatively small amounts of quota, and become more entangled in capitalist markets. The chapter concludes by exploring the concept of 'creative and constrained hybridisations' and its utility in capturing the dynamics that emerge from resource allocations to Indigenous groups.
