Call for Abstract Submissions: Indigenous & Community Stewardship of Pacific Coastal Fisheries in a Changing Environment

[Sara Cannon]

Hello everyone,

Please see the Call for Abstract Submissions for the session below, taking place at the American Fisheries Society's annual meeting this upcoming September 15 - 19 in Honolulu, Hawai'i. Abstract submissions are due online by April 25. The co-organizers and I would be grateful if you could share this with your networks.

Thank you and best wishes,

Sara Cannon

Sara Cannon, PhD (she/hers)
saracannon.ca

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I live and work on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil Waututh) Nations. As a settler, I acknowledge my responsibility to work in solidarity with the Indigenous Peoples and Nations who have  lived on and protected these lands and waters since long before colonization. To learn about territorial acknowledgements and the Indigenous communities of your area, please visit this resource.

A reading list for decolonizing conservation: bit.ly/decolonizing-conservation-2

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Call for Abstract Submissions
SP112: Indigenous & Community Stewardship of Pacific Coastal Fisheries in a Changing Environment
American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting
September 15 - 19, 2024
Honolulu, Hawai’i and online

Indigenous communities in and around the Pacific, including Kanaka Maoli, First Nations, Native Americans, Māori, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, Ryūkyūan, and many additional Pacific Peoples, are united by deep, long-standing relationships with the ocean but face common challenges when managing coastal fisheries due to globalization, colonialism, and climate change. This session aims to foster solidarity and collaboration among fishers, practitioners, and researchers from these communities and their allies. We invite participants to share examples and strategies for successful Indigenous-led fisheries stewardship while navigating contemporary, often non-traditional and externally imposed systems of power and influence. This hybrid session welcomes diverse contributions, including oral presentations, poetry, and artwork, to encourage broad engagement and celebrate multiple forms of knowledge dissemination. Emphasizing Indigenous and Pacific community representation, the event seeks to provide a platform for sharing knowledge and building connections to support sustainable coastal fisheries across the Pacific. The session will end with a panel discussion.

Submissions are due online by April 25 here:
https://afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org/call-for-abstracts/

Session organizers:
- Nākoa Goo (Kanaka Maoli; University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Hawai‘i Institute of Marine
Biology)
- Niegel Rozet (Kanaka Maoli; Kua’āina Ulu ‘Auamo)
- Magul Rulmal (Ulithi Atoll-Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia; One People One
Reef)
- Colton Van Der Minne (ƛaʔuukʷiʔatḥ [Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation]; Ha’oom Fisheries
Society, University of British Columbia Centre for Indigenous Fisheries)
- Nicole Crane (European descent; Smith Fellows, One People One Reef)
- Amber Datta (Kama’āina; University of Arizona)
- Sara Cannon (settler; University of British Columbia Centre for Indigenous Fisheries,
International Fisheries Section)
- Dedicated to the memory of Kalena Kattil-DeBrum (Marshall Islands; University of Washington), who was co-organizing the session before her untimely passing in February 2024.

Contact: Sara Cannon, s.ca...@oceans.ubc.ca

Funding opportunities for securing travel support:
● The Western Division travel grants are open through April 15 at this link. The application
is open to all Indigenous applicants and a membership with AFS is not required:
https://wdafs.org/travel-grants/
● The John E. Skinner Memorial Award Fund is open to all students active in fisheries or
related aquatic disciplines and who have not previously won a full Skinner award.
Applications are due by April 15 at this link:
https://fisheries.org/about/awards-recognition/call-for-award-nominations-section-awards/john-e-skinner-memorial-fund-award/
● The Respectful Meetings Working Group is raising funds to support Indigenous
attendance and participation at the conference. Please let Sara Cannon
(s.ca...@oceans.ubc.ca) know if you are interested in accessing financial support and
she will send you information as it becomes available.