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A review of coral reef restoration initiatives in the Western Indian Ocean Region. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One
Karisa JF   +23 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The nutritional value of invertebrate aquatic foods

open access: yes
Zamborain-Mason J   +17 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Community-based management of subsistence fisheries in Samoa

Fisheries Management and Ecology, 1999
Much subsistence fishing in tropical regions is based in discrete communities which have a high level of marine awareness and some degree of control of adjacent waters. These factors provide an ideal basis on which to motivate communities to manage their own marine resources. A fisheries extension programme in Samoa encouraged each village community to
M. King, U. Faasili
exaly   +3 more sources

Commercialization of fisheries and the subsistence economies of the Alaska Tlingit

Society and Natural Resources, 1992
Abstract The commercialization of salmon in southeast Alaska has affected the traditional subsistence economies of the Tlingit Indians. Over the past hundred years, a mixed subsistence‐market economy that combines subsistence and market sectors has developed in Tlingit communities. Contemporary fishing households in two Tlingit communities are shown to
Martha F. Betts, Robert J. Wolfe
exaly   +2 more sources

Subsistence in coastal fisheries policy: What's in a word?

Marine Policy, 2007
Abstract Consideration of subsistence fishing activities seems particularly relevant to coastal fisheries policy, yet formal recognition of subsistence fishing is often absent from associated policy frameworks. A critical problem is the very meaning of the term “subsistence.” A review of the literature on subsistence, dominated until recently by ...
Schumann, Sarah, Macinko, Seth
exaly   +3 more sources

Office of Subsistence Management and Issues and Challenges of Integrating Tek into Subsistence Fisheries Management

Practicing Anthropology, 2005
The intent of this article is to introduce a relatively new federal program funding social science research on fisheries in Alaska. We discuss some of the challenges of this developing applied social science program, specifically focusing on some of the issues raised by research involving the collection and analysis of traditional ecological knowledge (
Polly Wheeler, Amy Craver
openaire   +2 more sources

Subsistence Fisheries Management on Federal Public Lands in Alaska

Fisheries, 2002
Abstract On 1 October 1999, the federal government assumed responsibility for subsistence fisheries management in inland navigable waters on federal public lands in Alaska, which comprise 60% of the state. Such responsibility in non-navigable waters on federal public lands was established in 1990.
Lawrence S. Buklis
openaire   +2 more sources

Subsistence and small-scale fisheries in South Africa: A ten-year review

Marine Policy, 2006
Abstract The Marine Living Resources Act (1998), legally recognised subsistence fishers and made provision for the declaration of coastal areas for their exclusive use. In 2001, a limited commercial fisheries sector was created. These changes indicated government's commitment to addressing the historical marginalisation of small-scale fishers ...
Merle Sowman
exaly   +2 more sources

Searching for Subsistence: In the Field in Pursuit of an Elusive Concept in Small-scale Fisheries

Fisheries, 2007
Abstract In small-scale fisheries, there can be no more vulnerable participants than those comprising the subsistence fishing sector. Yet “subsistence” is an ambiguous term in fisheries management and there is little applied research directed at this sector.
Macinko, Seth, Schumann, Sarah
exaly   +2 more sources

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