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- Title
Returning to Selective Fishing through Indigenous Fisheries Knowledge: The Example of K'moda, Gitxaala Territory.
- Authors
Menzies, Charles R.; Butler, Caroline F.
- Abstract
This article mentions the outlook for Canadian regulation of salmon harvests, the reintroduction of traditional fishing gear, and knowledge held by the indigenous peoples of Gitxaala Territory. Recent salmon stock collapses are blamed on the different methodologies used by natives and by the industrial fisheries. The reciprocal-relationship concept of "being of one heart" is a sustainable approach to resource use and conservation that is part of the Gitxaala First Nation culture. Topics include the fishing rights at K'moda river, fishing methods such as gaff, seining, and stone traps, ecosystem health, and the self-regulation that is implicit in need-based harvesting.
- Subjects
CANADA; TRADITIONAL ecological knowledge; SALMON industry; GITXAALA (North American people); ECOLOGY of indigenous peoples; SALMON fisheries; SEINING; AQUATIC resources conservation; CONSERVATIONISTS; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
American Indian Quarterly, 2007, Vol 31, Issue 3, p441
- ISSN
0095-182X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/aiq.2007.0035