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Contributors	p. 11
Foreword	p. 21
Preface	p. 23
Acknowledgements	p. 25
List of figures	p. 27
List of tables	p. 31
List of acronyms	p. 33
Introduction: Putting fishers' knowledge to work	p. 35
1 The value of anecdote	p. 41
I Indigenous practitioners and researchers	p. 59
2 Life supports life	p. 61
3 My grandfather's knowledge: First Nations' fishing methodologies on the Fraser River	p. 71
4 Indigenous technical knowledge of Malawian artisanal fishers	p. 83
5 Application of Haida oral history to Pacific herring management	p. 103
6 The use of traditional knowledge in the contemporary management of a Hawaiian community's marine resources	p. 119
II Indigenous and artisanal fisheries	p. 145
7 Traditional marine resource management in Vanuatu: Worldviews in transformation	p. 147
8 Tropical fish aggregations in an indigenous environment in northern Australia: Successful outcomes through collaborative research	p. 169
9 Sustaining a small-boat fishery: Recent developments and future prospects for Torres Strait Islanders, Northern Australia	p. 183
10 Sawen: Institution, local knowledge and myth in fisheries management in North Lombok, Indonesia	p. 199
11 Fishers' perceptions of the seahorse fishery in the central Philippines: Interactive approaches and an evaluation of results	p. 221
12 Local ecological knowledge and small-scale freshwater fisheries management in the Mekong River in Southern Laos	p. 247
13 Use of fishers' knowledge in community management of fisheries in Bangladesh	p. 267
14 The role of fishers' knowledge in the co-management of small-scale fisheries in the estuary of Patos Lagoon, Southern Brazil	p. 289
15 The value of local knowledge in sea turtle conservation: A case from Baja California, Mexico	p. 313
16 Can historical names and fishers' knowledge help to reconstruct the distribution of fish populations in lakes?	p. 329
III Commercial fisheries	p. 351
17 Putting fishers' knowledge to work: Reconstructing the Gulf of Maine cod spawning grounds on the basis of local ecological knowledge	p. 353
18 Integrating fishers' knowledge with survey data to understand the structure, ecology and use of a seascape off south-eastern Australia	p. 365
19 Using fishers' knowledge goes beyond filling gaps in scientific knowledge: Analysis of Australian experiences	p. 381
20 Fishers' knowledge? Why not add their scientific skills while you're at it?	p. 401
21 The changing face of fisheries science and management	p. 421
22 The last anecdote	p. 433