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Resource Use<br />

Identify all main forms of resource use including:<br />

Fish<br />

Shellfish<br />

Turtle<br />

Birds<br />

Sand, aggregate/ rubble<br />

• What is harvested?<br />

• Where is it harvested?<br />

• Is it for household use/ trade/ sale or for commercial use?<br />

• When is <strong>the</strong> harvest time? What time of year? Every year? Special occasions? How<br />

often?<br />

• How is it caught/ harvested? What fishing gear is used? (e.g. what fishing method?<br />

turtles taken in water or on beach?)<br />

• How are medicinal plants, pandanus coconut harvested?<br />

• Who harvests it? (division of labor between men and women? youth?)<br />

• Traditionally, who is allowed to harvest?<br />

• Why is it harvested? What is <strong>the</strong> purpose of <strong>the</strong> harvest?<br />

• How do you use it?<br />

• Where do you NOT go fishing (because it is too far)?<br />

• Where is <strong>the</strong>re ciguatera?<br />

• Where do you catch <strong>the</strong> most fish? Where are <strong>the</strong> main fishing areas? (Where are <strong>the</strong><br />

best fishing spots?)<br />

• Are <strong>the</strong>re commercial fishing activities?<br />

• Where are <strong>the</strong> recreational sites?<br />

Environmental Issues/ Threats<br />

• What? (e.g. dredging, erosion, waste, illegal/ over fishing, forest/ wood collection)<br />

• Where does it occur?<br />

• Who is carrying out <strong>the</strong> activity?<br />

• Why is <strong>the</strong> activity occurring?<br />

• What species are declining? Describe <strong>the</strong> decline.<br />

Special/ sacred places, mo (taboo)<br />

• Where are <strong>the</strong> special places?<br />

• What elements comprise mo? What rules are <strong>the</strong>re?<br />

• What are <strong>the</strong> stories of <strong>the</strong> special place?<br />

• Who controls <strong>the</strong> place? Who are <strong>the</strong> Iroij and Alap? (How long and why?) Who makes<br />

decisions about mo?<br />

• How do you take care of this special place mo?<br />

• Does mo ever get relocated?<br />

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