The Use of Local Resource Knowledge and Customary Fisheries Management to Assist Marine Management in the Fiji Islands Using Maumi, Fiji, as a Case Study

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The Use of Local Resource Knowledge and Customary Fisheries Management to Assist Marine Management in the Fiji Islands Using Maumi, Fiji, as a Case Study

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Auckland University of Technology

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Tuwhera

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Traditional and community-based marine resource management practices can enhance the effectiveness of contemporary environmental management models. These traditional management practices, which are based on knowledge of natural and cultural systems in specific areas, provide useful lessons from which contemporary resource managers can learn about the experiences of others. Fisheries management in traditional communities is well integrated into society and people are regarded as integral parts...

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Research paper

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Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2013

Creator

Shaw-Brown, Katherine

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https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/6073

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Fishing / Ecosystem-based management / Fiji / Marine management / Community-based marine management

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