Why do we study crayfish? Answers may range from their cultural or economic value (Jones
et al. 2006) to ecological importance (Usio and Townsend 2004) to the high conservation …

Crayfish are the dominant decapods in many freshwater, and even terrestrial, habitats,
playing important community roles through their large size, mobility, behaviour and …

Co-management has been advocated as an effective tool to achieve natural resource
conservation worldwide. Yet, the potential of co-management arrangements can fail to be …

For their great commercial importance as a human food delicacy, crayfish are now becoming
of wider interest to molecular biologists, and also to conservationists due to the fact that in …

Indigenous peoples around the world are leading discusions regarding genomic research of
humans, and more recently, species of cultural significance, to ensure the ethical and …

Indigenous peoples of North America, Australia, and New Zealand have a long tradition of
harvesting freshwater animals. Over generations of reliance and subsistence harvesting …

Indigenous knowledge systems (IKSs) can, and do, contribute to natural resource
management (NRM) in Australia and elsewhere. However, cross-cultural NRM and scientific …

Globally, anthropogenic actions of land use change and intensification and deliberate or
unintentional species invasions have adversely affected lakes, resulting in widespread loss …

Mātauranga Māori is a continuum of distinct knowledge with Polynesian origins that grew in
Aotearoa New Zealand, Footnote 1 including Māori worldview, values, culture and cultural …

Non-native crayfish can dominate the invertebrate biomass of invaded freshwaters, with their
high ecological impacts resulting in their populations being controlled by numerous …