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The purpose of this report was to survey policies and programmes having to do with the professionalization of fishers in a select group of developed fishing nations other than Canada. This will lead to the identification of strategies and options that might be employed in the Atlantic fishery. To help make contextual sense of the specific options, the industry structure and the major issues and trends in the fishery in each country will be briefly described. The countries examines are Iceland, Norway, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. There is also a brief commentary on policy developments in the European Community.