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Impacts of the Changing Ocean-Sea Ice System on the Key Forage Fish Arctic Cod (Boreogadus Saida) and Subsistence Fisheries in the Western Canadian Arctic—Evaluating Linked Climate, Ecosystem and Economic (CEE) Models

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019
This study synthesizes results from observations, laboratory experiments and models to showcase how the integration of scientific methods and indigenous knowledge can improve our understanding of (a) past and projected changes in environmental conditions
Nadja S. Steiner, William W. L. Cheung, Andres M. Cisneros-Montemayor, Helen Drost, Helen Drost, Hakase Hayashida, Hakase Hayashida, Carie Hoover, Carie Hoover, Jen Lam, Tessa Sou, U. Rashid Sumaila, Paul Suprenand, Travis C. Tai, David L. VanderZwaag   +14 more
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Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Fisheries Management in the Torres Strait, Australia: the Catalytic Role of Turtles and Dugong as Cultural Keystone Species

Ecology and Society, 2012
In many developing regions of Melanesia, fishers' traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) has been integrated with western science and management knowledge (SMK) to generate innovative and effective fisheries management.
James R. A. Butler, Alifereti Tawake, Tim Skewes, Lavenia Tawake, Vic McGrath   +4 more
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A Resilient Subsistence Salmon Fishery in Southwest Alaska

Journal of Northern Studies, 2010
Harvesting and processing salmon is a significant subsistence activity for the residents of Nondalton, a predominantly Dena’ina Athabaskan community in Southwest Alaska. The Nondalton fishery, as a resilient social-ecological system, has had to adapt to change in order to maintain continuity over time.
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Periodic Closures as Adaptive Coral Reef Management in the Indo-Pacific

Ecology and Society, 2006
This study explores the social, economic, and ecological context within which communities in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia use adaptive coral reef management.
Josh Cinner, Michael J. Marnane, Timothy R. McClanahan, Glenn R. Almany   +3 more
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A Low-Profile Subsistence Fishery: Pike Fishing in Minto Flats, Alaska [PDF]

ARCTIC, 1989
Subsistence research in contemporary communities in rural Alaska is revealing the important contribution of fish species other than salmon to the food supply, yet the subsistence use of non-salmon species has had a low profile in management and regulatory regimes of the fisheries in Alaska.
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Subsistence harvest of ringed, bearded, spotted, and ribbon seals in Alaska is sustainable

Endangered Species Research, 2019
In 2012, climate-warming related decreases in sea ice led to listings of ringed Pusa hispida and bearded seals Erignathus barbatus as threatened under the United States Endangered Species Act (ESA) prior to evidence of population declines.
MA Nelson, LT Quakenbush, BD Taras, Committee Ice Seal   +3 more
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Factors that affect riverines territorial behavior on fishing environments in flooding areas, Low Solimões, Central Amazonia, Brazil

Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas, 2010
Flooding areas present high biological productivity and are inhabited by populations that practice agriculture-fishing activities, based on the multiple use of resources.
Jorge Iván Sánchez-Botero, Danielle Sequeira Garcez, Nidia Noemi Fabré   +2 more
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Examining Enabling Conditions for Community-Based Fisheries Comanagement: Comparing Efforts in Hawai'i and American Samoa

Ecology and Society, 2014
Much attention in global fisheries management has been directed toward increasing the involvement of local communities in managing marine resources. Although community-based fisheries comanagement has the potential to address resource conservation and ...
Arielle S. Levine, Laurie S. Richmond
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Estimating nearshore coral reef-associated fisheries production from the main Hawaiian Islands.

PLoS ONE, 2018
Currently, information on nearshore reef-associated fisheries is frequently disparate or incomplete, creating a challenge for effective management. This study utilized an existing non-commercial fishery dataset from Hawai'i, covering the period 2004-13 ...
Kaylyn S McCoy, Ivor D Williams, Alan M Friedlander, Hongguang Ma, Lida Teneva, John N Kittinger   +5 more
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Provisioning fisheries: A framework for recognizing the fuzzy boundary around commercial, subsistence, and recreational fisheries

Fisheries
ABSTRACT Although sparse, increasing evidence suggests an overlooked population of fishers whose fishing motivations and outcomes overlap across commercial, subsistence and recreational fishing sectors, resulting in underrepresented groups of fishers in management and policy frameworks.
Vivian Mai-Anh Nguyen, Kathryn J Fiorella, Leandro Castello, Mahatub Khan Badhon, Christine Beaudoin, Jeanne Coffin-Schmitt, Steven J Cooke, Aaron T Fisk, Elizabeth Nyboer, Daniel M O’Keefe, Emma D Rice, Richard Stedman, Nicole Venker, Aaron Macneil   +13 more
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