Marine Resource Management in the Hawaiian Archipelago: The Traditional Hawaiian System in Relation to the Western Approach

Over a period of many centuries the Polynesians who inhabited Hawai‘i developed a carefully regulated and sustainable “ahupua‘a” management system that integrated watershed, freshwater and nearshore marine resources based on the fundamental linkages between all ecosystems from the mountain tops to t...

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Main Authors: P. L. Jokiel, K. S. Rodgers, W. J. Walsh, D. A. Polhemus, T. A. Wilhelm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Marine Biology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/151682