The Aquatic Resource

1983 ◽  
pp. 137-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mentz Indergaard
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Resource

scholarly journals Co-developing Indigenous seasonal calendars to support ‘healthy Country, healthy people’ outcomes

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 26-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Woodward ◽  
Patricia Marrfurra McTaggart
Keyword(s):  
Reciprocal Relationship ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
Healthy People ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Indigenous Australians ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Language Groups ◽  
Resource Managers ◽  
Aquatic Resource ◽  
Observational Practice

In caring for Country, Indigenous Australians draw on laws, knowledge and customs that have been inherited from ancestors and ancestral beings, to ensure the continued health of lands and seas with which they have a traditional attachment or relationship. This is a reciprocal relationship, whereby land is understood to become wild/sick if not managed by its people, and in turn individuals and communities suffer without a maintained connection to Country. It is well understood by Indigenous people that if you ‘look after country, country will look after you’. Indigenous knowledge systems that underpin the local care (including use and management) of Country are both unique and complex. These knowledge systems have been built through strong observational, practice-based methods that continue to be enacted and tested, and have sustained consecutive generations by adapting continually, if incrementally, to the local context over time. This paper describes a research partnership that involved the sharing and teaching of Ngan’gi Aboriginal ecological knowledge in order to reveal and promote the complex attachment of Ngan’gi language speakers of the Daly River, Australia, to water places. This engagement further led to the incremental co-development of an Indigenous seasonal calendar of aquatic resource use. The seasonal calendar emerged as an effective tool for supporting healthy Country, healthy people outcomes. It did this by facilitating the communication of resource management knowledge and connection with water-dependent ecosystems both inter-generationally within the Ngan’gi language group, as well as externally to non-Indigenous government water resource managers. The Indigenous seasonal calendar form has subsequently emerged as a tool Indigenous language groups are independently engaging with to document and communicate their own knowledge and understanding of Country, to build recognition and respect for their knowledge, and to make it accessible to future generations.

scholarly journals External auditory exostoses and prehistoric aquatic resource procurement

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 633-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sébastien Villotte ◽  
Christopher J. Knüsel
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Resource

scholarly journals How Fishy was the Inland Mesolithic? New Data from Friesack, Brandenburg, Germany

Radiocarbon ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 1621-1636 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Meadows ◽  
Harry K Robson ◽  
Daniel Groß ◽  
Charlotte Hegge ◽  
Harald Lübke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotope ◽  
Roe Deer ◽  
European Eel ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Faunal Assemblages ◽  
Terrestrial Mammals ◽  
Aquatic Resource ◽  
Societal Level ◽  
Freshwater Reservoir ◽  
Number Of Individuals

ABSTRACTRecent studies have shown that faunal assemblages from Mesolithic sites in inland Northern Europe contain more fish remains than previously thought, but the archaeological and archaeozoological record does not reveal the dietary importance of aquatic species to hunter-gatherer-fishers, even at a societal level. For example, the function of bone points, as hunting weapons or fishing equipment, has long been debated. Moreover, traditional methods provide no indication of variable subsistence practices within a population. For these reasons, paleodietary studies using stable isotope analyses of human remains have become routine. We present radiocarbon (14C) and stable isotope data from nine prehistoric human bones from the Early Mesolithic-Early Neolithic site of Friesack 4, and isotopic data for local terrestrial mammals (elk, red deer, roe deer, wild boar, aurochs, beaver) and freshwater fish (European eel, European perch). The reference data allow individual paleodiets to be reconstructed. Using paleodiet estimates of fish consumption, and modern values for local freshwater reservoir effects, we also calibrate human 14C ages taking into account dietary reservoir effects. Although the number of individuals is small, it is possible to infer a decline in the dietary importance of fish from the Preboreal to the Boreal Mesolithic, and an increase in aquatic resource consumption in the Early Neolithic.

scholarly journals Building the Capacity and Knowledge about Coral Rehabilitation of Tour Guides in Lemukutan Island

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-166
Author(s):  
Dahlia Wulan Sari ◽  
Achis Martua Siregar ◽  
Tia Nuraya ◽  
Elliska Murni Harfinda ◽  
Mordik Erdiansyah
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Test Results ◽  
West Kalimantan ◽  
Tour Guides ◽  
Aquatic Resource ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Coral Reef Ecosystems ◽  
Nahdlatul Ulama ◽  
Tourism Attractions ◽  
Department Faculty

The coral reef ecosystem is one of the marine tourism attractions on Lemukutan Island, West Kalimantan. However, currently, some locations are in a relatively degraded condition, which should be addressed. One solution to this problem is coral transplantation activities involving tour guides. As part of the effort to rehabilitate the coral reef habitats, the Aquatic Resource Management Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Nahdlatul Ulama University, West Kalimantan, conducted community development activities to increase the capacity and knowledge of tour guides regarding coral reef ecosystems and coral transplantation techniques. This training was attended by fifteen tour guides from the Lemukutan Guide Group and ARTUNA (Anak Remaja Teluk Cina) Group. The participants were previously trained under PT Pertamina (Persero) and Yayasan Jejak Pesisir Nusantara. This training was carried out in three stages: (i) materials presentation and discussions, (ii) direct practice on the field, and (iii) evaluation. The post-test results showed that the training had increased participants' understanding of coral reef ecosystems and coral transplantation techniques by 40,00% and 33,33%, respectively.

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