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Explores the economy of the Cape Breton fishery by examining the ledger books of Philip Robin and Company in the Acadian fishing community of Chéticamp in the mid-19th century. The research complements the work of Rosemary Ommer, who studied the Jersey firm's associated company that dominated the Bay of Chaleur region of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Concludes that the truck system used between the Acadians, who had returned to the area in the decades after their deportation by the British in 1750, and the firm was indicative of an integrated relationship. The finding contrasts sharply with the studies of Harold Innis and others, whose portrayal of the Newfoundland, Labrador and Maritime cod fishery often painted a much darker picture of exploitation and constrained local development.