... ecosystem-based management approach. Contemporary resource management has, until recent efforts, been guilty of isolating resources and species in both development and con-servation planning. Fisheries management, ... understanding of the local environment and their own impact on local resources. Tradi-tional ecological knowledge can complement, supplement, and guide bio-logical science and resource management. ... that resource managers are turning to in order to better manage natural resources and the environment as a whole.During the last decade, social scientists, biological scientists, and resource...