Marine Protected Areas and the Precarious Politics of Conservation in Newfoundland 
This paper explores the challenges of establishing « community-based » marine protected areas (MPAs) in Newfoundland, focusing particular attention on the forces that contributed to the rise and fall of one MPA project on the north coast of the island between 1997 and 2007. It discusses how sweeping cutbacks to federal management agencies, growing reliance on voluntary labour, and a legacy of mistrust between fishing people and federal managers ultimately contributed to the demise of the project.