FCRR
Publication
Fisheries Centre Research Reports, Vol. 11 No. 1 Pages: 504pp
2003
2003
Edited by Haggan, N., Brignall, C., and Wood, L.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Report documents the presentations given at the world's first international conference on the management value of the resource knowledge of small scale, indigenous and commercial fishers. The conference was inspired by Dr Robert (Bob) Johannes, whose 1981 Book 'Words of the Lagoon', was the first serious study in this area, and was co-hosted by the UBC Fisheries Centre, UBC First Nations House of Learning and the BC Aboriginal Fisheries Commission. Over 200 people representing 23 countries and 36 North American First Nation representatives attended. The conference sought to provide a way to 'step beyond' fishers' frustration that their knowledge is ignored and scientists' standard position that the knowledge is anecdotal, and can not easily be captured in the reports, tables and graphs they are used to.
In total, 48 papers and 26 abstracts of papers were presented during the three days of the conference. These case studies and presentations included Indigenous, Artisanal, small scale and industrial marine and freshwater fisheries in tropical and temperate environments. Species range from turtles and dugongs, through temperate trawl and tropical multi-species fisheries to the aquarium trade. The conference followed themes relating to the use of fishers' ecological knowledge about fishing practices in environmental management; the relationships between fishers' expertise (knowledge) and management; methodological issues/methods for obtaining and accurately representing fishers' knowledge; the ethical issues relating to collaboration between TEK practitioners, managers, academics and industry; and the valuation of fishers' knowledge from an ecological, economic and social approach.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Errata | |
| Front Covers | |
| Director's Foreword T.J. Pitcher | 8 |
| Contributed Papers | |
| My Grandfather's Knowledge: First Nations fishing methodologies in the mid-Fraser River Arnie Narcisse | 11 |
| A Native Chant Simon Lucas | 13 |
| Fishers' Knowledge and Management: Differing fundamentals in artisanal and industrial fisheries R. E. Johannes | 15 |
| The Role of Fishers Knowledge in Implementing Ocean Act Initiatives in Newfoundland and Labrador A. S. Power and Dawn Mercer | 20 |
| Closing the Loop: Commercial fish harvesters's local ecological knowledge and science in a study of coastal cod in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Karen Gosse, Joe Wroblewski and Barbara Neis | 25 |
| Applying Local and Scientific Knowledge to the Establishment of a Fishery: The current West Coast Vancouver Island Goose Barnacle fishery experience Joanne Lessard , Josie Osborne, Ray Lauzier, Glen Jamieson and Rick Harbo | 36 |
| Participatory Research in the British Columbia Groundfish Fishery Richard D. Stanley and J. Rice | 44 |
| The Discourse of Participatory Democracy in Marine Fisheries Management Heidi Glaesel and Mark Simonitsch | 57 |
| The Role of Indigenous Knowledge in Depleting a Limited Resource - A case study of the bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) artisinal fishery in Roviana Lagoon, Western Province, Solomon Islands Richard Hamilton | 68 |
| Using Fishers' Knowledge goes beyond Filling Gaps in Scientific Knowledge - Analaysis of Australian experiences Pascale Baelde | 78 |
| Local Ecological Knowledge and Small-Scale Fisheries Management in the Mekong River in Southern Laos Ian Baird | 87 |
| Sciaenid Aggregations in Northern Australia: An example of successful outcomes through collaborative research M.J. Phelan | 100 |
| Status of Research on Indigenous Fishers' Knowledge in Australia and Brazil Adam Faulkner and Renato A. M. Silvano | 110 |
| Traditional Marine Resource Management in Vanuatu - Sacred & Profane: World views in transformation Francis Hickey | 117 |
| Accounting for the Impacts of Fishers' Knowledge and Norms on Economic Efficiency Murray A. Rudd | 138 |
| The Use of Fishers' Knowledge in the Management of Fish Resources in Malawi Edward Nsiku | 148 |
| Examining the Two Cultures Theory of Fisheries Knowledge: The case of the Northwest Atlantic bluefish Douglas Wilson | 163 |
| The Value of Local Knowledge in Sea Turtle Conservation: A case from Baja California, Mexico Kristin E. Bird, Wallace J. Nichols and Charles R. Tambiah | 178 |
| Putting Fishermen's Knowledge to Work: The promise and pitfalls Ted Ames | 184 |
| Using Expert Knowledge to Identify Possible Groundfish 'Essential Fish Habitats' Melanie Bergmann, B. Hinz, R. Blyth, M.J. Kaiser, S.I. Rogers and M. Armstrong | 189 |
| Integration of Fishers' Knowledge into Research on a Large Tropical River Basin, the Mekong River in Southeast Asia Anders F. Poulsen | 198 |
| Fishers' Perceptions on the Seahorse Fishery in Central Philippines: Interactive approaches and an evaluation of results J. Meeuwig, M.A. Samoilys, J. Erediano and H. Hall | 208 |
| Focusing and Testing Fisher Know-How to solve Conservation Problems Edward F. Melvin and Julia K Parrish | 224 |
| Methodology for Integration of Fishers' Ecological Knowledge in Fisheries Biology and Management Using Knowledge Representation [Artificial Intelligence] Antonio Garcia-Allut, Juan Freire, Alvaro Barreiro and David E. Losada | 227 |
| Integrating Fishers' Knowledge with Survey Data to Understand the Structure, Ecology, and Use of a Seascape off Southeastern Australia Alan Williams and Nic Bax | 238 |
| 'Sustainability Vectors' as Guides in Fisheries Management: With examples from net fisheries in the Philippines and Australia' Michael D Pido, Peter Valentine and Mark Fenton | 246 |
| Fishers and Scientists: No longer foe, but not yet friend Melanie D. Power and Ratana Chuenpagdee | 259 |
| Harvesting an Inland Sea: Folk history, TEK, and the claims of Lake Michigan's commerical fishery Michael Chiarappa | 267 |
| Can Historical Names & Fishers' Knowledge help to Reconstruct Lakes? Johan Spens | 279 |
| Exploring Cultural Constructs: The case of Sea Mullet managmeent in Moreton Bay, South East Queensland, Australia Tanuja Barker and Annie Ross | 290 |
| Who's Listening? Islander knowledge in fisheries management in Torres Strait, Northern Australia Monica E. Mulrennan | 306 |
| A Collaborative, Consultative and Committed Approach to Effective Management of Dugongs in Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia Donna Kwan | 312 |
| Fishing for Answers: The incorporation of indigenous knowledge in Australia: Developing cross cultural literacy Melissa Nursey-Bray | 321 |
| The Use of Traditional Hawaiian Knowledge in the Contemporary Management of Marine Resources Kelson "Mac" Poepoe, Paul K. Bartram and Alan M. Friedlander | 328 |
| Two Fishers' Knowledge Systems and Frontier Strategies in the Philippines Maria F. Mangahas | 340 |
| How SASI Practices make Fishers' Knowledge Effective Agus Heri Purnomo | 347 |
| How Local Fishers' Knowledge Improves the Management of Fisheries in New Zealand - A seafood industry perspective G.J. Lydon and A. Langley | 357 |
| Historical and Current Knowledge of the Greenland Halibut from Quebec Fixed-Gear Fishers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Rejeanne Camirand, Bernard Morin and Louise Savard | 366 |
| Marine Resource Knowledge Related to Fish Classification in Haiti Jean W. Wiener | 376 |
| Plateau Fishing Technology and Activity: Stl'atl'imx, Secwepemc and Nlaka'Pamux knowledge Nicholette Prince | 381 |
| Kat (American Eel, Anguilla Rostrata) Life History Kerry Prosper and Mary Jane Paulette | 392 |
| The Bare-Foot Ecologist's Toolbox Jeremy D. Prince | 401 |
| An Example of Conservation and Exploitation Achieved Through a Voluntary Fishery Mangement System Robert E. Blyth, Michel J. Kaiser , Paul J.B. Hart and Gareth Edwards-Jones | 409 |
| Integrating Scientific and Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) in Studies of Common Eiders in Southern Labrador, Canada Heather Chaffey, William Montevecchi and Barbara Neis | 426 |
| How Fisher's Endeavors and Information Help in Managing the Fisheries Resources of the Sundarban Mangrove Forest of Bangladesh Md. Emdadul Haque | 433 |
| What's in There: Common names of Brazilian marine fishes Katia M. F. Freire and Daniel Pauly | 439 |
| The Role of Fishers' Knowledge in Co-Management of Artisanal Fisheries in the Estuary of Patos lagoon, Southern Brazil Daniela Kalikoski, Marcelo Vasconcellos | 445 |
| Cognitive Maps: Cartography and concepts for Back to the Future fisheries policy Tony J. Pitcher and Nigel Haggan | 456 |
| Papers in Abstract: Orally presented | 464 |
| Changes in Technologies, Market Conditions, and Social Relations: Their linkages with fishers traditional ecological knowledge (New Brunswicks' inshore fishing fleet in the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence) Omer Chouinard and Jean-Paul Vanderlinden | 464 |
| Fishing at Komodah, Kitkatla Territory: Returing to Selectivity Charles R. Menzies and Caroline F. Butler | 464 |
| The Leadership Role of California Fishing Men and Women: Promoting science in fisheries policy and fish recovery Natasha Benjamin, Paul Siri and Zeke Grader | 465 |
| Incorporating Indigenous Interests and Knowledge into Management of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park M.L. Sommer and L. O. Rosendale | 466 |
| Using Fishers Traditional Knowledge to Identify Priority Areas for Conservation in the Pacific Ocean Lance Morgan | 467 |
| The Nova Scotia Leatherback Turtle Working Group: A model for successful collaboration between fishers and scientists Michael C. James and Kathleen E. Martin | 468 |
| Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Ocean and Coastal Management: A survey of recent experience in Atlantic Canada Paul Macnab and Denise McCullough | 469 |
| The Tulalip Tribe's Cultural Stories Project: Recording and using traditional knowledge for cultural landscape revcovery, watershed managemetn and salmon protection Terry Williams, Julia Gold and Preston Hardison | 469 |
| Environmental Sentinels: Reframing commercial fishing in pursuit of value, integrity, and sustainability Bryan Price | 470 |
| Developing a Set of Indicators for Evaluating the Condition of a Resource: Freshwater fisheries in LAOS PDR Niels Jepsen, Douglas Wilson & Sommano Phounsavath | 471 |
| A Method to Estimate the Abundance of Arapaima gigas (Cuvier 1817) Leandro Castello | 471 |
| Using Fishers' Knowledge to Evaluate Great Lakes Fishery Management Policy Tracy A. Dobson and Laura F. Cimo | 472 |
| The Fishermen and Scientists Research Society: Collborative improvement of the knowledge base for modern fisheries management Kees C.T. Zwanenburg1, P. Fanning, P. Hurley and W.T. Stobo | 473 |
| Fisheries in the Galapagos Islands: The participation of fishers in fishery management E. Espinoza, J.C. Murillo, M.V.Toral, R.H. Bustamante, F. Nicolaides, G.J. Edgar, J. Moreno, C. Chasiluisa, M. Yepez, J.C. Barreno, S. A. Shepherd, J. Viscaino, M. Villalta, R. Andrade, A.F. Born, L. Figueroa, P. Guerrero, M. Piu | 474 |
| How Can We Have More Participation by the Fishermen in Fisheries Science? Virginia Boudreau | 474 |
| The Legal and Institutional Context of Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge into Fisheries Management Terry Williams and Preston Hardison | 475 |
| Fishing in Murky Waters: Ethics and politics of research on fisher knowledge Anita Maurstad | 476 |
| Building Networks for Indigenous Knowledge and Environmental Management Preston Hardison | 476 |
| Social Research for Sustainable Fisheries Christie Dyer and Jessica Paterson | 477 |
| ICONS: A software system for integrating traditional knowledge and natural resources management Preston Hardison and Terry Williams | 478 |
| Assembly of Map-Based Stream Narratives to Facilitate Stakeholder Involvement in Watershed Management M.R.S. Johannes, K.D. Hyatt, J.K. Cleland, L.Hanslit, and M.M. Stockwell | 478 |
| Migration Patterns and Spawning Habits of an Important Fish, Heligophagus waandersi, of the Pangasiidae Family in the Mekong River Basin Sintavong Viravong | 479 |
| Inshore Groundfish Spawning and Nursery Grounds in the Bay of Funday: Learning with and from fishermen Jennifer Graham | 479 |
| The Contribution of Fishers to the Management of Sea-Urchin Fisheries in Barbados and St. Lucia Christopher Parker, Patrick McConney and Allan Smith | 480 |
| General Discussion | 481 |
| List of Authors | 489 |
| Participants in the Workshop | 501 |
