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Recovery of a subsistence way of life : assessments of resource harvests in Cordova, Chenega, Tatitlek, Port Graham, and Nanwalek, Alaska since the Exxon Valdez oil spill
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Books/Printed Material |
|---|---|
| Author | Van Lanen, James M. Keating, Jacqueline M. |
| Organization | Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council, sponsor. |
| Organization | Alaska. Department of Fish and Game. Division of Subsistence, issuing body. |
| Spatial Coverage | Gulf of Alaska Region Region Gulf of Alaska Alaska |
| Temporal Coverage | 2020 |
| Abstract | "The Division of Subsistence of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has collected over four decades of subsistence harvest data in the coastal communities of Cordova, Chenega, Tatitlek, Nanwalek, and Port Graham. These data show that harvest diversity (the number of types of resources harvested) had rebounded from low levels in the years directly following the spill, but there was an especially sharp drop in resource diversity between 2003 and 2014 that unexpectedly approached levels of the year of the oil spill. Additionally, the concentration of wild resource production by a relatively small number of households has increased steadily, where a small percentage of households are responsible for upwards of 90% of harvests in some communities. Overall per capita resource harvest levels were also notably lower in 2014. There is no apparent evidence that these key changes are directly related to certain EVOS effects such as changes in resource abundance, contamination, or perceived food safety. Analysis of the household database found no quantitative evidence that the drop in harvest levels and diversity from 2003 to 2014 was caused by a demographic shift in which a large number of household heads reached maturity in the post-spill years when subsistence uses were low; the analysis found that before the spill, households with older heads had higher and more diverse harvests than households with younger heads, and that harvest and diversity levels of households headed by younger and older adults had declined from 2003 to 2014. Based on key respondent and household survey responses, changes in subsistence harvest and use patterns were attributed to barriers to the intergenerational transfer of traditional knowledge, the influence of digital technology, and abrupt changes in local cash economies from oil spill. As also noted in previous research, EVOS initiated or contributed to a complex set of environmental, economic, and sociocultural conditions which continue to shape subsistence harvests and uses in the study communities."-- Source other than Library of Congress. |
| Page Count | 87 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Subsistence |
| Publisher Place | Anchorage, Alaska |
| Part of Series | Catalog |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | (alaska 1989) 20th Century 21st Century Alaska Alaska, Gulf Of, Region Alaska, Gulf Of, Region (alaska) Economic Aspects Economic Conditions Economic History Economics Environmental Aspects Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Alaska Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Gulf of Alaska Region Subsistence Economy |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Subsistence economy--Alaska--Alaska, Gulf of, Region |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Alaska, 1989--Environmental aspects--Alaska--Alaska, Gulf of, Region |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Alaska, 1989--Economic aspects--Alaska--Alaska, Gulf of, Region |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Alaska, Gulf of, Region (Alaska)--Economic conditions--20th century |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Alaska, Gulf of, Region (Alaska)--Economic conditions--21st century |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Economic history |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Economics |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Subsistence economy |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Alaska |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Alaska--Gulf of Alaska Region |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Exxon Valdez Oil Spill--(Alaska :--1989) |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | 1900-2099 |
| Subject Domain (in LCC) | HC107.A45 K43 2020 |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Book |
