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What Did the Researchers Do? What did the Researchers Find? The economies within which the Coalition members The researchers worked with the Coalition operate are undeveloped compared with most of their members to collect a range of data on their southern counterparts, fragile and vulnerable by virtue of operations and impacts, including in-depth their dependence on a few sectors and constrained b. [...] The context and the impact the Northern Coalition researchers found that the fishery represents a long-term, members have had and continue to have on the sustainable resource with fewer environmental risks communities in which they operate. [...] ABOUT THE LESLIE HARRIS CENTRE OF REGIONAL POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT The Harris Centre is Memorial University's lead unit on public policy in Newfoundland and Labrador and the catalyst for a range of regional economic development initiatives and research projects. [...] SOME OF THE IDENTIFIED BENEFITS OF REINVESTMENT IN NEW OR ESTABLISHED LOCAL BUSINESSES INCLUDE: Generation of new funds for further reinvestment and leverage of other capital; Business ownership and control, increasing capacity, self-reliance, self-determination and independence; Diversification and strengthening of the economy; The researchers also found there is a Generation of significant lack. [...] Coalition members are already undertaking the research to help them Growth and share their knowledge of what is happening in their communities and the development of the role that the fishery plays in Northern workforce; and development.