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Author Johannes, R. E. (Robert Earle), 1936-2002.

Title Traditional fishing in the Torres Strait Islands / by R. E. Johannes and J. W. MacFarlane
Published Hobart : CSIRO Division of Fisheries, 1991

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'PONDS  338.372709438 Joh/Tfi  AVAILABLE
Description vi, 268 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Contents Tables
Summary Contact history and traditional marine subsistence; participation in marine industries - pearling, beche-de -mer and trochus; marine environment; effects of the Torres Strait Treaty; dugong and turtle hunting; contemporary and traditional sea rights and marine tenure; survey of marine resources and fishing methods on eastern, central and western islands; problems of management and development; survey of contemporary resources and exploitation rates
Analysis Fishery management Australia Torres Strait Islands (Qld.)
Traditional fishing Australia Torres Strait Islands (Qld.)
Aboriginal marine rights
Angling
Fishing industry
Torres Strait
Torres Strait Islanders
Notes Bibliography; p. [227]-251; Includes tables and index
Bibliography Bibliography and index
Notes Copy 3 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection
Subject Fisheries -- Australia -- Torres Strait Islands (Qld.)
Fisheries.
Fishery management -- Australia -- Torres Strait Islands (Qld.)
Fishing -- Australia -- Torres Strait Islands (Qld.)
Fishing -- Australia -- Queensland -- Torres Strait Islands
Fishing.
Torres Strait Islanders -- Fishing.
Torres Strait Islanders.
SUBJECT Torres Strait Islands (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85136144
Author MacFarlane, J. W.
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia). Division of Fisheries.
LC no. 93109682
ISBN 0643052593