2. "Ethnobiology and ethnomedicine are
exciting and revolutionary
multidisciplinary fields at the center of
many current debates on culturally
appropriate management of the
biodiversity and the human and
animal health."
- Andrea Pieroni, Editor and Chief,
Journal of Ethnobiology and
Ethnomedicine
3. Methods
Semi-directed interviews with
commercial fishermen
Selection for adults (>18 years
old) with at least 3 years or
seasons of experience
52 Interview Conducted in
Juneau, Kodiak, and Sitka
7. Quantitative Analysis via
Chi-squared Testing of Categorical Data
State of Origin and
Years Fishing
Gender and Fish
Representation
Years Fishing and
Regulation Concerns
State of Origin and
Regulation Concerns
-0.18205
-0.0533
-0.02876
-0.25533
Results Continued
Alpha .05/95% Confidence
9. Results Continued
Environmental Policies:
Kudos and Complaints
Kudos
• Maintains Fish Stocks
• Reprimands Over-harvest
• Maintains Local Economies
• Maximizes Fishermen
Livelihood
Complaints
• Political (Permit Stacking)
• Unfair to Alaska Natives
• Marine Mammal
Protection/Violence
• Not Well Understood
10. Ethnoichthyological Conclusions
Syncretic Ecological Knowledge
and Cooperative Management
Fish are "out there", seemingly apart
from local commercial fishermen- as
reflected in sociocultural phenomena
Gender representation and identity,
both dynamic, seemingly in flux
13. Acknowledgements
Dr. Erica Hill, The URECA
Committee, Kim Stewart Greinier,
the Kimmel Family for hosting me
in Sitka, Nathan Bodenstadt, Point
Abercrombie Park Staff, Dr. Brian
Vandernaald, the Alutiiq Museum in
Kodiak and Brian Fraley, and my
informants during the study
