Usage of Marine Resources by Aboriginal Communities on the East Coast of Cape York Peninsula
Report to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority June 1987

Andrew Smith
Sir George Fisher Centre for Tropical Marine Studies
James Cook University of North Queensland
Townsville Q 4811

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY [Adobe Acrobat Format 1093.04KB]
2. INTRODUCTION [Adobe Acrobat Format 1044.22KB ]
   • Relevance of Ethnobiological Studies to the GBRMP
   • Objectives
   • Definitional Problems
   • Ethnobiology
   • A Comparison of Indigenous and Western Science
   • A Review of Ethnobiological Studies
   • General
   • Australia
   • Relevance of Traditional Fisheries Research
3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY [Adobe Acrobat Format 604.39KB]
   • Timetable
   • Literature Research
   • Background
   • FieldWork
   • Biological Methods
   • Ethnobiological Methods
   • Data Analysis
   • Biological
   • Ethnobiological
   • Coastal Surveillance Data
   • Limitations on the Research
   • General
   • Logistical
   • Problems which Affected the Objectives
4. THE CURRENT AND HISTORICAL MARINE HUNTING AND FISHING PRACTICES OF THE HOPEVALE COMMUNITY INCLUDING A SUMMARY OF THE ETHNOBIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE OF MARINE FOOD RESOURCES [Adobe Acrobat Format 4085.44KB]
   • Historical Aspects of Marine Resource Utilisation: a General Account
   • Language
   • History
   • Conclusion
   • Description of the Hopevale Region
   • Climate
   • Marine Habitats
   • General Marine Usage in the s
   • Seasonality
   • Locations
   • Boats and Vehicles
   • Fishing & Marine Hunting Equipment
   • Usage of Marine Resources
   • Dugongs
   • Turtles
   • Stingrays, Sharks and Fish
   • Invertebrates
5. THE CURRENT AND HISTORICAL MARINE HUNTING AND FISHING PRACTICES OF THE LOCKHART RIVER COMMUNITY INCLUDING A SUMMARY OF THE ETHNOBIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE OF MARINE FOOD RESOURCES: A COMPARISON WITH HOPEVALE [Adobe Acrobat Format 2775.41KB]
   • Historical Aspects of Marine Resource Utilisation: a General Account
   • Languages
   • History
   • Description of the Lockhart River Region
   • Climate
   • Marine Habitats
   • General Marine Usage in the s
   • Seasonality
   • Localities
   • Boats and Vehicles
   • Fishing and Marine Hunting Equipment
   • Usage of Marine Resources
   • Dugongs
   • Turtles
   • Stingrays, Sharks and Fish
   • Invertebrates
6. EASTERN CAPE YORK PENINSULA ABORIGINAL MARINE ETHNOBIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE: ITS POTENTIAL VALUE TO WESTERN SCIENCE COASTAL SURVEILLANCE DATA: ITS ACTUAL AND POTENTIAL USEFULNESS IN MONITORING EASTERN CYP ABORIGINAL MARINE USAGE THE IMPORTANCE AND RELEVANCE OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT TO THE HOPEVALE AND LOCKHART RIVER COMMUNITIES [Adobe Acrobat Format 1040.38KB]
   • Aboriginal Perception of the Marine Environment
   • Lockhart River
   • Hopevale
   • Factors which have Influenced the Knowledge Used in Marine Hunting and
   • Fishing Techniques
   • The Relevance of Marine Resources to the Communities
   • Management Issues
   • Aborigines and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park: the Need for Public Education
   • Dugong Hunting: the Need for Management
   • Legislation, Conservation and Politics
   • Management: Past and Present
   • Turtle Hunting: a Potential Problem
   • Management of Other Marine Resources
   • Further Investigations: the Need for a Strategy
7. RECOMMENDATIONS [Adobe Acrobat Format 489.13KB]
8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS [Adobe Acrobat Format 52.77KB]
9. REFERENCES [Adobe Acrobat Format 980.38KB]
10. APPENDICES [Adobe Acrobat Format 1685.79KB]

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