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necessarily rapidly follov; suit. Relationships between fisher- 

 men are usually marked by a situation of "competitive v;ith- 

 drawal" (Crutchfield and Pontecorvo 1969), secrecy, and an 

 unwillingness to share information or transmit skills (Anderson 

 1972:120-120; Orbach 1975b). Under these conditions, men who 

 have successfully adopted an innovation will not be likely to 

 make it easy for others to emulate them. Social barriers will 

 undoubtedly keep men with other characteristics from even 

 attempting to enter fishing under extended jurisdiction 

 (Acheson 1977) . 



In order to study patterns of adoption of new innova- 

 tions, data should be gathered on owners of: 1. small boats, 

 and 2. large boats. Particular emphasis should be placed on 

 gathering data on: 1. the characteristics of men who were 

 "early adopters" of innovations in the past, 2. the factors 

 necessary for successful adoption of large boat technology-- 

 including capital, skills, crew organizing ability, etc., 3. 

 the social, economic and cultural factors which in the very 

 recent past have impinged on the decisions of men to innovate 

 or not. Last, special focus should be placed on studying the 

 men v/ho control all of the viability requirements for the 

 adoption of new boats and fishing technology, in an effort to 

 discover which of them is likely to adopt or not adopt innova- 

 tions. Some information on this topic can be obtained by direct 

 questioning of fishermen about their plans for the future. In 

 addition, two other kinds of information should be collected on 

 these men to assess the probability of their adopting new fishing 



