Perspectives for First Nations' Strategies Towards Local Marine Management in the Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia.

With the affirmation of Indigenous rights and title the jurisdiction over the management of natural resources within First Nations' territories has come into question. This thesis draws on the experience of two coastal Indigenous communities and the non-Indigenous community of Alert Bay to examine current marine management regimes and work towards establishing new ones. Local community experts are interviewed to determine their views on how marine resources within the Broughton Archipelago should be managed. Five major themes are identified by community experts as pivotal to the establishment of a new community-based marine management regime including: (1) trust building, (2) capacity, (3) power, (4) politics and (5) funding. To address these themes the extensive literature on collaborative management regimes is consulted and local and international examples of collaborative management are scrutinized. A place specific Community-based Adaptive Co-management planning framework, designed to address key themes raised by community members while incorporating traditional and contemporary principles and practice, is presented. --P. i.