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Conceptualizing communities of place and practice: Applied Anthropology in a federal context



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  • Journal Title:
    Human Organization
  • Personal Author:
    Clay, Patricia M. ORCID ICON IMG
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  • Description:
    As the first anthropologist hired in a NOAA Fisheries research laboratory devoted to fisheries science in support of fisheries management in federal waters, I faced many challenges. Federal laws required social impact assessment of fishery management plans, use of ecosystem-based management, and taking into account the impacts to fishers and fishing communities of both of these. But laws provide overarching guidance and policy documents need to refine the focus for research. I led the working group that wrote this guidance for fishing communities. Multidisciplinary teams of social and natural scientists today continue refining our understanding of the connections of communities to fisheries, whether commercial, recreational, or subsistence – or some combination. I also helped to develop a conceptual model for the Northeast Region ecosystem, and led an oral history research project examining the implementation across Europe of a NOAA Fisheries process model for ecosystem assessment. Although the hiring of anthropologists, sociologists, and others has become normalized, we are still few in number nationwide, so more work remains to be done.
  • Source:
    Human Organization, 84(1), 14-25
  • DOI:
  • ISSN:
    0018-7259 ; 1938-3525
  • Format:
    PDF
  • Publisher:
    Informa UK Limited
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • License:
  • Rights Information:
    CC0 Public Domain
  • Compliance:
    Submitted
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:9c84536fad7ac8052191a5cd71a60f4f8105f165523faceceb45371759e85d622a4184dde448c4cd2bd5fb534184419f3baeef133ffbf7cd285a05b8e451d77f
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