Community-Integrated GIS in the Bay of Fundy Groundfishery
Abstract
This paper is designed examine the development of Community-Integrated
Geographic Information Systems (CIGIS) in the marine environment. Through a review
of a mapping project, whose information base is Traditional Ecological Knowledge
(TEK) of spawning and nursery areas of the groundfishery in the Bay of Fundy, Canada,
recommendations on data collection, database development, and data visualization are
made for their incorporation into a GIS. This paper addresses how CIGIS may be useful
not only for the constituents whose knowledge is the basis of the database, but for
the
fisheries managers who should consider this data in the overall framework of the
decision-making process. Conclusions indicate that database development needs to start
with the highest resolution possible. In dealing with local knowledge the dataset
needs to be fully inclusive of all responses even when the information may not be
validated by another source. A ranking system would separate unsubstantiated responses
and
validated responses. Visualization of local knowledge should also follow the same
level
of resolution as the database and, where possible, be confined to a single data point.
More detailed information on the site should be incorporated as text into the metadata
or
as an actual record in the attribute table.
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/631Citation
Hooker, Brian R. (2002). Community-Integrated GIS in the Bay of Fundy Groundfishery. Master's project, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/631.Collections
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