The Coastal Communities Network has produced a number of informative and helpful resource materials. The following is a brief review of those available.

1. Rural Development in Nova Scotia - 2009
   
   Over the past year CCN has been involved in a scan of rural development in Nova Scotia. Through focus groups, interviews and an on-line survey, we identified what services people are using. We also identified what rural communities need to move forward in becoming sustainable, healthy communities.
   
   Rural Dev Assessment Final Report.pdf
   
   Rural Dev Assessment Interim Report Supplement.pdf
   
   
2. One Plank At a Time - 2006
   
   View this Report: Adobe PDF Format
   
   French Version: Adobe PDF Format (French)
   
   
3. Facilitator's Guide - 2006
   
   View this Report: Adobe PDF Format
   
   
4. Between the Land and the Sea - 2004
   
   View this Report: Adobe PDF Format
   French Version: Adobe PDF - FRENCH
   
   This study provides comprehensive information on coastal Nova Scotia with comparable data for rural non-coastal and urban Nova Scotia.
   
   It provides a clear picture of the economic role our coastal line plays. It features a look at demographics and trends over the last ten years and an analysis of our current situation.
   
   
5. Annual Report - 2005/2006
   
   View this Report: Adobe PDF Format
   
   
6. 2005 Report
   
   View this Report: Adobe PDF Format
   
   
7. On Common Ground - 2000
   
   
8. Building Our Future: Respecting Our Past (The White Point Report) - June/1998
   
   This is the Final Report of a conference held May 8-10, 1998, at White Point Beach, Queen's County, Nova Scotia. The conference, entitled " Building Our Future: Respecting Our Past", was the result of two years of intensive community consultations led by Nova Scotia's Coastal Communities Network.
   
   
9. "Community Based Co-Management Resource Guide" November/1997
   
   A discussion document to assist in developing effective co-management models in your community.
   
   
10. Senator Gerald Comeau's Speech at CCN's Annual Meeting - October 1997
    
    
11. Conference Report for 2006
    
    
12. AGM Report
    
    
13. "Fisheries Co-Management, Making It Happen" - May 1995
    
    This paper is, in effect, a short version of the conclusions reached at the provincial conference held in march, 1995, and was motivated by the recommendation that there must be a concerted effort to disseminate information on co-management which could be shared throughout the province. This document is contained within this website and, for your convenience, you will find links to it on every page.
    
    The paper organizes the conference work into two sections which describe the general principles of co-management and the roles and responsibilities for fishers in a co-management system.
    
    
14. "An Introduction to Fisheries Co-Management" - February 1995
    
    This paper was prepared both as a summary of the regional workshops on co-management and harvesting technology and as a preparation for a provincial conference held in March, 1995, titled "Shaping the Future Fishery".
    
    The paper was designed to prepare participants for the provincial conference by giving them a general overview of co-management as it applies to the fishery. It was not designed to offer specific solutions for management problems but to provide ideas about how coastal communities may be part of fisheries management.
    
    The paper contains an overview of the meanings of the term co-management, examples of management models and examples of co-management structures in other nations. For your convenience this article is accessible from this and every other page found at this website.
    
    
15. "An Overview of Fisheries Co-Management" - March 1995
    
    This paper was prepared as a more detailed document to be handed out to provincial conference delegates. It was meant to give them background information useful in discussion periods. Foreign examples of co-management structures were provided.
    
    The paper provides more detail on the management systems that fall between the extremes of community based management and government management. The paper discusses the components of fisheries management including fisheries regulations, allocations, monitoring, enforcement and planning. Examples of fisheries co-management in Japan, Norway, Alaska, and New Zealand are given.
    
    
16. "Shaping The Future Fishery" - March 1995
    
    This paper was prepared to describe the proceedings of the provincial conference and to provide an overview of the visions of the participants and their directives to the CCN. The goal of the conference was to define and develop the essential features of a community based fisheries co-management system that will be responsive to harvester and community needs.
    
    The paper contains the framework to guide the implementation of co-management in Nova Scotia and the general principles of fisheries co-management and community participation in a co-management system.
    
    
17. "Fishing For A Future" - February 1992
    
    This paper describes the proceedings of a conference designed to generate and promote strategies for the long term survival and development of Nova Scotia's coastal fishing communities.
    
    Between September and November 1991, six regional workshops were held throughout Nova Scotia to help select the issues and concerns brought to the provincial conference. It was agreed that a new provincial organization should be formed to give community residents increased control over the community's resources. It was agreed that the organization structure should be in the form of a provincial coalition.