Rockfish size and age: The crossroads of spatial protection, central place fisheries and indigenous rights

• Published in: Global Ecology and Conservation
• Main Authors: Frid, Alejandro, McGreer, Madeleine, Haggarty, Dana R., Beaumont, Julie, Gregr, Edward J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Global Ecology and Conservation 2016
• Subjects: British Columbia; Central place foraging; Fisheries; Indigenous culture and marine resources; Rockfishes; Spatial protection; Canada; First Nations
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2016.09.008; https://dspace.library.uvic.ca//handle/1828/9161

Indigenous people harvest wild species for food and cultural practice, fundamentally linking biodiversity conservation and indigenous rights. Rockfishes (Sebastes spp.) are culturally significant to indigenous people (or First Nations) of coastal British Columbia (BC), Canada, who regulate their har...