Part 1 Introduction - Ireland's disputed salmon farming industry: the conflict over salmon farming; data and methods; what follows. Part 2 The fishing and aquaculture industries in independent Ireland, 1922 to 1995: the fisheries; fish farming; conclusion. Part 3 Rural social changes and the dynamics of aquatic resource disputes: rural social change in late 20th century Irish capitalism; common pool resources; environmental social movements and the role of science; the disputing process; conclusion. Part 4 A weak regime - the legal and regulatory framework for marine aquaculture: section 54 of the 1980 Fisheries (amendment) Act; environmental impact assessment a conflict with a designation order - the 1988 Smerwick Harbour case; the use of the 1959 act I - the 1992 Ballyvaughan case; the use of the 1959 act II - the 1994 Lough Swilly case; conclusion; Part 5 Salmon cages on the Connemara lakes? - the rod licence dispute, 1987 to 1990: previous attempts to licence "free" brown trout and coarse fisheries; the rod licence dispute; conclusion. Part 6 Disputing salmon farming in coastal Connemara, 1988 to 1992: the environmental impact of salmon farming; the conflict in northern Connemara; the conflict in southern Connemara; alternatives to pesticide treatment - the response of the salmon farming community; conclusion. Part 7 Biological warfare - the impact of the sea trout collapse, 1987 to 1995: the sea trout and angling tourism in the west of Ireland; the sea trout collapse of 1989; a tentative compromise - the 1994 sea trout task force; SOS and the 1993 report of the sea trout working group; the 1994 STWG and ISGA research; the dispute goes to court; conclusion. Part 8 The Irish experience in comparative perspective - salmon farming disputes in Scotland, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia: Scotland; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; conclusion. Part 9 Conclusion - fish farming, social science and rural social change: aquaculture and rural social change - conflicts over "productivist" and "post-productivist" strategies; directions for future research; postscript.
