Table 2. Fisheries for which traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) has and has not been applied in the Torres Strait, and the details of TEK applied.



	Application of TEK

Fishery	Islander involvement in monitoring and research	TEK applied/reason not applied	Start year


TEK Applied:

Turtle	Monitoring catches, nesting beaches, tissue sampling carcasses, tagging by hunters and rangers	Knowledge of nesting beaches, distribution, sexing of adults, and capture methods for research	2006

Dugong (Dugong dugon)	Monitoring catches, tissue sampling carcasses by hunters and rangers	Seasonal movements, hunting methods, and catch utilization	2006

Tropical rock lobster (Panulirus ornatus)	Catch recording	Knowledge of lobster distribution in shallow waters near islands	2008

Hand collectables	Four trainees in 2009 bêche-de-mer and trochus survey, catch recording	Identification of bêche-de-mer and trochus habitat for survey	2009

TEK Not Applied:

Reef fishery	Catch surveys	Not relevant

Finfish	Catch recoding	Not appropriate

Prawn	None	Islanders are not involved in the fishery