The Past, Present and future of Pacific Marine Resource Management

Increasingly managers are recognizing the importance of integrating Indigenous and Western scientific knowledge in the management of marine resources globally. In the Pacific, where Indigenous peoples have relied on marine resources for millennia, blending these diverse kinds of knowledge will result in a more complete understanding of marine ecosystems. Indigenous perspectives provide detailed ecological knowledge linked to specific times and places. Western science can add broader perspectives on ecological and biological behaviours, while archaeology and paleoecology provide time depth to resource use and past ecosystem structure. In this session we bring together traditional knowledge holders, ethnobiologists and paleoethnobiologists who practice and study modern and ancient marine resource management around the Pacific.

Abstracts to be presented in this session

Author(s)	Abstracts
Gordon, Ross - University of Alberta	Ethnobiological analysis and the cultural keystone species model in high diversity coral reef environments to support sustainability programs.
Wyllie-Echeverria, S. - Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, and Victoria Wyllie de Echeverria - School of Enviromental Studies, University of Victoria	Cultural Value of the Seagrass Flora: A global story of diverse use over time
Cullis-Suzuki, S. - School of Environmental Studies, U Vic, N.J. Turner - School of Environmental Studies, U Vic, S. Wyllie-Echeverria - Friday Harbor Laboratory, U of Washington, A.Dick - Kwakwakwakw, and D. Sewid-Smith - Kwakwakawakw	Traditional Kwakwaka’wakw Harvesting of Ts’áts’ayem - Eelgrass, Zostera marina L.
Caldwell, Megan E. - Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta, Dana Lepofsky - Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Georgia Combes, John R. Harper - Coastal and Ocean Resources Inc., John R. Welch - Department of Archaeology and School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, and Michelle Washington - Sliammon Treaty Society	A Bird’s-Eye-View of Traditional Tla’amin Intertidal Resource Management
Moss, Madonna L. - University of Oregon, Virginia L. Butler - Portland State University, and Thomas F. Thornton - University of Oxford	Herring Synthesis: Integrating Archaeology, Local Traditional Knowledge, and History in Southeast Alaska
Wisniewski, Josh - University of Alaska, Fairbanks	So We Can Get Luck: Kigiqtaamiut Relational Management of Marine Resources
Salomon, Anne K. - Simon Fraser University, School for Resource and Environmental Management, Nick M. Tanape Sr., and Henry P. Huntington	Weaving traditional knowledge, historical records and quantitative ecology to illuminate the causes of shellfish declines in Alaska