{ "culture": "en-CA", "name": "Community_Based_Coastal_Resource_Inventory", "guid": "A15B2712-0DF5-4F9E-B81B-40AB1A3EA215", "catalogPath": "", "snippet": "Points, polylines and polygons where species and features have been found, harvested or detailed. / Points, polylignes et polygones où des espèces et des caractéristiques ont été trouvées, récoltées ou détaillées.", "description": "
Community Based Coastal Resource Inventory (CCRI) <\/SPAN>\u2013 Fisheries and Oceans Canada in conjunction with several Federal and Provincial agencies created, implemented, and managed a program which set out to develop a coastal resource inventory based on the traditional knowledge of local residents. Through partnerships with the province of Newfoundland and Labrador\u2019s Regional Economic Development (RED) Boards and other community based groups the project assembled a database containing several decade\u2019s worth of local knowledge. The value of the information collected came through individual interviews with people who had extensive knowledge of the immediate geography and resource, having lived, worked and harvested the regions over a lifetime. This project ran from 1996 to 2007.<\/SPAN><\/P>