Aboriginal Stone Fish Traps Project

Aboriginal Stone Fish Trap appearing at low tide on our coastline. PHOTO SOURCE: Regina Bernard.

The Traditional Owners Reference Group directs the development of a Regional Management Plan for the  region's Aboriginal Fish traps. Aboriginal people are recording the cultural attributes of the Stone Fish Traps and are undertaking an inventory of those that remain whilst identifiying processes to repair and protect them from damage. Our region has challenging environmental conditions with up to 6 meters tidal variation. This tidal force has the potential to damage the remaining artifacts.The designs of those traps which have worked most effectively are to be protected and used as on-site working models.

Traditional Knowledge
Recording Project:

Cultural Knowledge is valuable-to be kept for future generations. This project recognizes the value of Indigenous people’s natural resource managment  knowledge.
Aboriginal people are recording their valuable cultural information so as to document the relationship that Aboriginal people have sustained with the environment as long-term custodians of the land.

Our Aboriginal Land Management Facilitator coordinates the Traditional Knowledge Recording project in this region. Traditional Owners from this region will lead and participate in the project.
Caring for Country principles are the foundation of the project which records these principles of Aboriginal custodianship and the cultural use of natural resources for future generations.

For more information contact:

Regina Bernard , Aboriginal Land Management Facilitator,
Tel : (07) 4957 6945-  email: ALMF@mwnrm.org.au