About Rosemary Ommer Rosemary E. Ommer is a professor of history at Memorial University of Newfoundland, and author of From Outpost to Outport: A Structural Analysis of the Jersey-Gasp� Fishery, 1767-1886. Books by Rosemary Ommer Fishing Places, Fishing People Traditions and Issues in Canadian Small-Scale Fisheries edited by Dianne Newell & Rosemary Ommer