57 research outputs found
Toward a Model for Fisheries Social Impact Assessment
This paper presents a model for Fisheries Social Impact Assessment (SIA) that lays the groundwork for development
of fisheries-focused, quantitative social assessments with a clear conceptual model. The usefulness of current fisheries SIA’s has been called into question by some
as incompatible with approaches taken by fisheries biologists and economists when assessing potential effects of management actions. Our model’s approach is closer to the economists’ and biologists’ assessments and is therefore more useful for Fishery Management Council members. The paper was developed by anthropologists initially brought together in 2004 for an SIA Modeling
Workshop by the National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA. Opinions and conclusions expressed or implied are solely
those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or policy of the National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA
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Public participation in Willamette Valley environmental decisions
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Making Salmon: An Environmental History of the Northwest Fisheries Crisis (review)
Keywords: Northwest fisheries crisis, Salmo
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Socio-cultural impacts of water resource development in the Santiam River Basin
The work upon which this report is based was supported by funds provided by the United States Department of the Interior, Office of Water Resources Research, as authorized under the Water Resources Research Act of 1964
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Attitudes of Trawl Vessel Captains about Work, Resource Use, and Fishery Management
The fisheries literature embodies critical assumptions about fisherman attitudes and motivations. Common assumptions are that populations of fisherman are homogeneous in motivation and decision making and that they behave in a myopic fashion, ignoring the effects of their fishing activities on the fishery resource. The results of a survey of trawl vessel captains challenge these assumptions. We document a heterogeneous population of captains who hold a diverse set of views toward work, risk, and the ocean environment. We discuss the implications of these survey results for the design and implementation of fishery regulations, and for the rationalization of fisheries. We note the potential costs of misrepresenting fishermen in models of fishery resource use.Keywords: fishermen, resource conservation, fishery resources, modelsKeywords: fishermen, resource conservation, fishery resources, model
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Cultural and Natural Assets for Willamette Basin, Oregon Sustainability
In this paper, we consider the transfer of environmental and cultural assets to the next generation as a potential measure of sustainability. We define “net assets” as the value of renewable and nonrenewable natural resources plus human-made, intellectual, social, and cultural capital, minus any debts. We apply this approach by first reviewing survey data reflecting how cultural capital may yield microbehaviors that add up to the macroresults of environmental protection and restoration. Second, we evaluate how human activities play out on the landscape. Rather than a dollar measure of assets, historical changes in land use are a proxy for asset change. A broad look at the Willamette Valley, Oregon’s most urban and industrial area, shows that capital in forest lands has shifted from significant loss to improvement, agricultural lands have decreased only slightly, and urban development has taken a relatively small share of the total landscape. However, sprawl is increasing despite efforts to contain urban growth. Looking at highly valuable ecological features for the future, we find that wetlands continue to be lost, important species are endangered, and the secondary impact of urbanization on the landscape is increasing.Keywords: sustainability, natural capital, land use, cultural assets, Willamette Valley, Orego
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Man in the marine environment
This report has three primary objectives; it attempts to examine the relationship of various cultural systems to the marine environment, seeks to create an inventory of uses man has put the marine environment to, and makes an analysis of the attitudes of people towards the marine environment
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Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/44489/1/10745_2005_Article_BF01531641.pd
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Ecological baselines for Oregon's coast: a report for agencies that manage Oregon's coastal habitats for ecological and economic sustainability, and for all who are interested in the welfare of wildlife that inhabit our coast and its estuaries
Against the backdrop of growing concern about dead zones, rare and endangered sea mammals, depletion of Oregon’s once‐abundant fish stocks, acidification threatening coastal molluscs, and proposals for marine reserves along Oregon’s coastline, a multidisciplinary group of scientists was called together in 2008 to discuss what is known about Oregon’s coastal resources at specific points in the past. They agreed that knowing more about the condition of resources in the past could help state resource agencies understand its ecological potential and such information would be useful in planning restoration projects as well as determining gaps in knowledge that need to be filled. Called together by John Meyer, representing Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea (COMPASS), the group decided to develop an “Ecological Baselines” report on past coastal resources at whatever times empirical data exist. We begin this report with a chapter reviewing archaeological, ethnographic, and historic materials to provide a picture of Oregon’s coastal resources before 1750. Subsequent chapters consider salmon, sea otters, and sub‐tidal sea urchins. The salmon chapter provides details on twentieth century abundance and decline of one of Oregon’s most charismatic and economically important ocean resources. This chapter’s authors also evaluate remedies that have attempted to restore salmon species. Next, the sea otter chapter describes a mammal once abundant but no longer present on the Oregon coast, and discusses what the coast has lost by its demise. A decade ago, the author, a descendant of Aleut and Coos/Siuslaw natives, organized a multi‐disciplinary project, named The Elakha Alliance, to study and consider restoration of this keystone species. The sub‐tidal purple sea urchin, described in our fourth chapter, in contrast to salmon and otter, is so small that the intense labor required to harvest it has protected it from commercial harvesting. However, the urchin is affected by all the forces that impinge on the coast’s ecological web, and warming seas could affect its ability to survive along Oregon’s coast. Not all developments in the past decades have been negative. We discuss major estuary restoration projects on the Salmon River and the Coquille River that show how restoration is working in these areas and that suggest how other estuary restorations could proceed. On Tuesday Feb. 22, 2012, the Oregon legislature passed a bill that will add 38 square miles of marine reserves in Oregon’s territorial waters at five locations. And in our final section, the epilogue discusses a significant new paradigm for understanding the process of ecological collapse, beginning with the removal of top consumers – keystone predators. This multi‐authored review, published in Science in 2011, thereby suggests ecosystem wide strategies for restoration and stability (Estes et al., 2011). Our report on historical, ecological baselines is only a first step in a compilation of information on significant coastal resources that we believe could encourage additional research and longterm strategies for restoration
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A comprehensive approach for habitat restoration in the Columbia Basin
The Columbia Basin once supported a diversity of native fishes and large runs of anadromous salmonids that sustained substantial fisheries and cultural values. Extensive land conversion, watershed disruptions, and subsequent fishery declines have led to one of the most ambitious restoration programs in the world. Progress has been made, but restoration is expensive (exceeding US $300 M/year), and it remains unclear whether habitat actions, in particular, can be successful. A comprehensive approach is needed to guide cost-effective habitat restoration. Four elements that must be addressed simultaneously are (1) a scientific foundation from landscape ecology and the concept of resilience, (2) broad public support, (3) governance for collaboration and integration, and (4) a capacity for learning and adaptation. Realizing these in the Columbia Basin will require actions to rebalance restoration goals to include diversity, strengthen linkages between science and management, increase public engagement, work across traditional ecological and social boundaries, and learn from experience.This is the publisher’s final pdf. The published article is copyrighted by Taylor & Francis and can be found at: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ufsh20#.VUEib2MywS
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