Troubled waters : co-management in the aboriginal fishery : the case of the Gitxsan and Wet'suwet'en

• Main Author: Peruniak, Jain Anne
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: First Nations > Fishing > British Columbia; First Nations > Fishing rights > British Columbia; First Nations > Fisheries > Law and legislation; Gitxsan (Gitksan) > Fishing > British Columbia; Wet'suwet'en > Fishing > British Columbia; Gitxsan (Gitksan) > Fishing rights > British Columbia; Wet'suwet'en > Fishing rights > British Columbia; Fishery co-management; Pacific; Skeena; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/11455

The Pacific coast salmon fishery has a legacy extending into the shadows of historic time. Since the last ice age, aboriginal communities have actively participated in the harvesting, regulation and management of the salmon resource. First Nations' societies developed governance structures whic...