Native Participation in Fisheries Management: Past and Present

Moderators: Dolly Garza and Russ Jones
Emails: ffdag@uaf.edu and rjones@island.net

Date: Monday, September 12, 2005
Time: 1:20 pm to 3:20 pm
Location: Egan 4

This symposium will highlight Native/First Nations involvement in fisheries management in the United States and Canada. Fisheries management paradigms have expanded and now include Tribal and First Nation participation in monitoring, research, and hatchery management. Many Tribes and First Nations are entering into fishery management or co-management agreements. The degree of Native involvement varies by region and may be extensive or limited depending on federal, state or provincial initiatives, treaty obligations, funding, Native commitment to resource management, and finally the public acceptance and need. Participants will provide an overview of their programs highlighting factors which make their program successful, and which factors continue to inhibit participation. We will offer some of the tools for Tribes and First Nations to explore self management, or co-management agreements. The final presentation and wrap up will attempt to project a future where Tribes and First Nations have the tools to more fully participate and complement state or federal management.

Link to list of presentations in this symposium