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Page 357, Lydon & Langley: How Fishers’ Knowledge Improves Fisheries Management in New Zealand HOW LOCAL FISHERS’ KNOWLEDGE IMPROVES
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Lydon, G. P. |
| Copyright Year | 2003 |
| Abstract | This paper focuses on how local fishers’ knowledge contributes to the science based management of commercial fisheries in New Zealand. The role of the New Zealand Seafood Industry Council in communicating fishers’ knowledge to fisheries management fora is explained. A case study of the Adaptive Management Programme for the bluenose (Hyperoglyphe antarctica) fishery (BNS 1), illustrates the contribution of the knowledge of fishers to the understanding of changes in a fishery over time. Fishers provide information from their local knowledge of changes in fishing methods, fish stocks and market behaviour and the relationships between these factors. Their interpretation and explanation of data, behaviour or the results of research is important especially when the scientific data are inconclusive. The future of fisheries management in New Zealand, and the role of Fisheries Plans, is discussed. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.fisheries.ubc.ca/publications/reports/11-1/11-1c.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.fisheries.ubc.ca/publications/reports/11-1/38_Lydon_Langley.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |