The extraction and utilization of local and scientific geospatial knowledge within the Bluff oyster fishery, New Zealand

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2055-2070

  Hall, G Brent ^a   Moore, Antoni ^a   Knight, Peter ^a   Hankey, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Common Pool Resource Management; Community empowerment; Community mapping; Fisheries co management; Fishers' knowledge; Geographical Information Systems (GIS); Geospatial knowledge integration

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MOLLUSCS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CO-MANAGEMENT; COMMON POOL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; COMMON POOL RESOURCES; COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENTS; COMMUNITY MAPPING; FISHER' KNOWLEDGE; FISHERY CO-MANAGEMENT; GEO-SPATIAL; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOSPATIAL KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION; KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

SHELLFISH;

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; EMPOWERMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GIS; SPATIAL DATA; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; ETHNOGRAPHY; FISHERY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; NEW ZEALAND; PLANNING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; BLUFF PENINSULA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

OSTREIDAE;

EID: 63449111262     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.08.022     Document Type: Article

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