Indigenous oyster fisheries persisted for millennia and should inform future management

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dc.contributor.authorReeder-Myers, Leslie A.
dc.contributor.authorBraje, Todd J.
dc.contributor.authorHofman, Courtney A.
dc.contributor.authorElliot Smith, Emma A.
dc.contributor.authorGarland, Carey
dc.contributor.authorGrone, Michael A.
dc.contributor.authorHadden, Carla
dc.contributor.authorHatch, Marco
dc.contributor.authorHunt, Turner
dc.contributor.authorKelley, Alice
dc.contributor.authorLeFebvre, Michelle J.
dc.contributor.authorMcKechnie, Iain
dc.contributor.authorMcNiven, Ian J.
dc.contributor.authorNewsom, Bonnie
dc.contributor.authorPluckhahn, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorSanchez, Gabriel M.
dc.contributor.authorSchwadron, Margo
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Karen Y.
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Tam
dc.contributor.authorSpiess, Arthur
dc.contributor.authorTayac, Gabrielle
dc.contributor.authorVollman, Taylor
dc.contributor.authorWeitzel, Elic M.
dc.contributor.authorRick, Torben C.
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-16T13:01:47Z
dc.date.available2022-05-16T13:01:47Z
dc.date.copyright2022en_US
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractHistorical ecology has revolutionized our understanding of fisheries and cultural landscapes, demonstrating the value of historical data for evaluating the past, present, and future of Earth’s ecosystems. Despite several important studies, Indigenous fisheries generally receive less attention from scholars and managers than the 17th–20th century capitalist commercial fisheries that decimated many keystone species, including oysters. We investigate Indigenous oyster harvest through time in North America and Australia, placing these data in the context of sea level histories and historical catch records. Indigenous oyster fisheries were pervasive across space and through time, persisting for 5000–10,000 years or more. Oysters were likely managed and sometimes “farmed,” and are woven into broader cultural, ritual, and social traditions. Effective stewardship of oyster reefs and other marine fisheries around the world must center Indigenous histories and include Indigenous community members to co-develop more inclusive, just, and successful strategies for restoration, harvest, and management.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.identifier.citationReeder-Myers LA, Braje TJ, Hofman CA, Elliot Smith EA, Garland C, Grone MA, Hadden C, Hatch M, Hunt T, Kelley A, LeFebvre MJ, McKechnie I, McNiven IJ, Newsom B, Pluckhahn T, Sanchez GM, Schwadron M, Smith KY, Smith T, Spiess A, Tayac G, Vollman T, Weitzel EM, Rick TC. (2022). Indigenous oyster fisheries persisted for millennia and should inform future management. Nature Communications 13: 2383 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29818-zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29818-z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/13951
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNature Communicationsen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectzooarchaeologyen_US
dc.subjectarchaeologyen_US
dc.subjectanthropologyen_US
dc.subjecthistorical ecologyen_US
dc.subjectmarine historical ecologyen_US
dc.subjectshell middensen_US
dc.subjectmarine conservationen_US
dc.titleIndigenous oyster fisheries persisted for millennia and should inform future managementen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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