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Knowing in context: An exploration of the interface of marine harvesters' local ecological knowledge with ecosystem approaches to management

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  • Bundy, Alida
  • Davis, Anthony

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Marine resource crises have initiated a search for alternative approaches to resource assessment and management that has culminated in a global focus on ecosystem approaches to management (EAM). Here, the ecosystem extends to humans as drivers and recipients of ecosystem change. More specifically, attention is being paid to identifying specific qualities of local resource users' experiences and knowledge that might productively inform resource management, while also providing local users with substantial “voice” in shaping new management policies and practices. Here an evaluation is provided of the extent to which local ecological knowledge (LEK) can provide advice for an ecosystem approach to inshore coastal management, specifically, the identification of ecologically and biologically significant areas, based on the results of two comprehensive studies of coastal Nova Scotian commercial harvesters' local ecological knowledge. While spatially explicit, local ecological knowledge displays strengths and limitations that must be explicated for it to prove useful for strengthening “voice” and providing EAM inputs.

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  • Bundy, Alida & Davis, Anthony, 2013. "Knowing in context: An exploration of the interface of marine harvesters' local ecological knowledge with ecosystem approaches to management," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 38(C), pages 277-286.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:marpol:v:38:y:2013:i:c:p:277-286
    DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.06.003
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    1. Voyer, Michelle & Gollan, Natalie & Barclay, Kate & Gladstone, William, 2015. "‘It׳s part of me’; understanding the values, images and principles of coastal users and their influence on the social acceptability of MPAs," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 93-102.
    2. Yamakita, Takehisa & Yamamoto, Hiroyuki & Nakaoka, Masahiro & Yamano, Hiroya & Fujikura, Katsunori & Hidaka, Kiyotaka & Hirota, Yuichi & Ichikawa, Tadafumi & Kakehi, Shigeho & Kameda, Takahiko & Kitaj, 2015. "Identification of important marine areas around the Japanese Archipelago: Establishment of a protocol for evaluating a broad area using ecologically and biologically significant areas selection criter," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 136-147.

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