Integrative policy and legal instruments, approaches and tools

Benefits of collaboration between indigenous fishery management and data-driven spatial planning approaches: the case of a Polynesian traditional design (rāhui)

“…They emerge from local decisions, through participatory and community-driven discussions, that themselves often follow traditional protocols and practices. In the past decades, these traditional approaches have been increasingly recognised worldwide as efficient ways to manage fishery resources (Johannes, 2002;Kuemlangan, 2004). Level of compliance to restrictions are higher, local relevant knowledge is used, and information is shared across the different social and governance layers of the community (Fache and Pauwels, 2020;Sangha et al, 2019;Smallhorn-West et al, 2020a).…”