Local Fishing Knowledge Sustainable fisheries are a key
component of marine ecosystem based management and integrated
marine planning. For marine planning to be successful, local
fishing knowledge is needed at the decision making tables. In
2010 the T. Buck Suzuki Foundation launched a project working
with fishermen to collect local fishing knowledge in a manner
that protects their privacy while allowing their information to
be brought into marine planning processes. The project uses GIS
maps and the 100 penny methology piloted by Ecotrust. The data
collected will be used in a confidential manner, to produce
general maps for public use, and more specific maps to protect
access to fisheries areas needed and used by fishermen. When
another use is proposed for a marine area it can be checked for
conflict against current and historic fisheries usage. If you
would like to find out more about this project please give one
of our offices a call at 250-624-4147 or 604-519-3635.