Nature Communications (May 2022)

Indigenous oyster fisheries persisted for millennia and should inform future management

  • Leslie Reeder-Myers,
  • Todd J. Braje,
  • Courtney A. Hofman,
  • Emma A. Elliott Smith,
  • Carey J. Garland,
  • Michael Grone,
  • Carla S. Hadden,
  • Marco Hatch,
  • Turner Hunt,
  • Alice Kelley,
  • Michelle J. LeFebvre,
  • Michael Lockman,
  • Iain McKechnie,
  • Ian J. McNiven,
  • Bonnie Newsom,
  • Thomas Pluckhahn,
  • Gabriel Sanchez,
  • Margo Schwadron,
  • Karen Y. Smith,
  • Tam Smith,
  • Arthur Spiess,
  • Gabrielle Tayac,
  • Victor D. Thompson,
  • Taylor Vollman,
  • Elic M. Weitzel,
  • Torben C. Rick

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29818-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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‘Commercial fisheries have decimated keystone species, including oysters in the past 200 years. Here, the authors examine how Indigenous oyster harvest in North America and Australia was managed across 10,000 years, advocating for effective future stewardship of oyster reefs by centering Indigenous peoples.’