Putting Fishers' Knowledge to Work
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-1-4051-1905-4 (ISBN)
Description
Small-scale traditional fisheries are often set in environments where scientific knowledge is poor and conventional remedies are prohibitively costly. Local fishers often know much more about where and when marine animals migrate or aggregate, how they behave and how fishing and marine environmental conditions have changed over time. Understanding this knowledge and how fishers can act on it can contribute very substantially to aquatic resource management, environmental impact assessment and the size and siting of marine protected areas. The aim of this important book is to make available to a broad international audience research done by international scholars and resource managers in collaboration with indigenous, artisanal and commercial fish harvesters.
Small-scale traditional fisheries are often set in environments where scientific knowledge is poor and conventional remedies are prohibitively costly. Local fishers often know much more about where and when marine animals migrate or aggregate, how they behave and how fishing and marine environmental conditions have changed over time. Understanding this knowledge and how fishers can act on it can contribute very substantially to aquatic resource management, environmental impact assessment and the size and siting of marine protected areas. The aim of this important book is to make available to a broad international audience research done by international scholars and resource managers in collaboration with indigenous, artisanal and commercial fish harvesters.
Small-scale traditional fisheries are often set in environments where scientific knowledge is poor and conventional remedies are prohibitively costly. Local fishers often know much more about where and when marine animals migrate or aggregate, how they behave and how fishing and marine environmental conditions have changed over time. Understanding this knowledge and how fishers can act on it can contribute very substantially to aquatic resource management, environmental impact assessment and the size and siting of marine protected areas. The aim of this important book is to make available to a broad international audience research done by international scholars and resource managers in collaboration with indigenous, artisanal and commercial fish harvesters.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
200 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 172 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-1905-4 (9781405119054)
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Content
IntroductionThe value of anecdoteUsing Fishers' Knowledge Goes Beyond Filling Gaps in Scientific Knowledge - Analysis of Australian Experiences Part One: Putting the Knowledge of Indigenous and Artisanal Fishers' to Work: Issues and ApproachesFishing Banks - LandmarksApplication of Haida Traditional Knowledge to Pacific Herring ManagementWho's Listening? Islander Knowledge in Fisheries Management in Torres Strait, Northern AustraliaThe Use of Traditional Hawaiian Knowledge in the Contemporary Management of Marine ResourcesLocal Ecological Knowledge and Small-scale Freshwater Fisheries Management in the Mekong River in Southern LaosFishers' Perceptions on the Seahorse Fishery in Central Philippines: Interactive Approaches and an Evaluation of ResultsThe Use of Fishers' Knowledge in the Management of Fish Resources in MalawiTraditional Marine Resource Management in Vanuatu - Sacred and Profane: World Views in TransformationFishers' Knowledge Role in the Co-Management of Artisanal Fisheries in the Estuary of Patos Lagoon, Southern BrazilSciaenid Aggregations in Northern Australia: An Example of Successful Outcomes Through Collaborative ResearchThe Value of Local Knowledge in Sea Turtle Conservation: A Case from Baja California, MexicoConducting Rapid Assessments of Fish and Fisheries Based on Local Ecological Knowledge Part Two: Putting Commercial and Recreational Harvesters' Knowledge to Work: Issues and ApproachesThe Barefoot Ecologist's ToolboxCan Historical Names & Fishers' Knowledge Help to Reconstruct Lakes?Integrating Fishers' Knowledge with Survey Data to Understand the Structure, Ecology and Use of a Seascape off Southeastern AustraliaUse of Fishers Knowledge In Community Management of Fisheries in BangladeshParticipatory Research in the British Columbia Groundfish Fishery!How Sasi Practises in Maluku, Indonesia make Fishers' Knowledge EffectivePutting Fishermen's Knowledge to Work: The Promise and PitfallsConclusion The last wordMy grandfather's knowledge: First Nations Fishing Methodologies in the Fraser River