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The coastal village of Mumford has doubled in population since 1948, and in the space of ten years has seen its fishing fleet change from sailing canoes to outboard motors and then to fishing vessels. The article examines four issues. First, the changes in fishing technology; second, an analysis of the changes andcontinuities in the structures of production and in the ownership ofthe instruments of production. Thirdly, it discusses the way the local economy has been incorporated into Ghana's formal capitalist economy, and considers some of the responses to that incorporation. Finally, it examines some of the key socio-economic implications for Mumford society, such as indebtedness, social organisation, a falling literacy rate and changing social consciousness.

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