Ikawai freshwater fishes in Māori culture and economy (2011) by R.M. McDowall
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.60162/swamphen.5.10632Keywords:
New Zealand, Freshwater fisheries, Maori cultureAbstract
This beautifully produced work will be a crucial reference for many generations of not only fisheries scientists but also for so many of us amateurs who work with awe and respect in the realm of freshwater.
It is thanks largely to the work of Bob McDowall and his scientific associates that New Zealanders now (should) know that their beloved delicacy, whitebait is fry derived from five species of galaxiidas.
The primary purpose of this book is more holistic, more cultural than scientific, than anything McDowall had ever attempted. It represents an attempt to resurrect comprehensively in book form the evolving wisdom (matauranga Māori) of tangata whenua (‘the people of the land') of freshwater customary use and practice from the widest range of sources.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
