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The volcano is a large caldera but around it over millions of years other ecological zones have formed in the interior of the island. the Indigenous peoples of the region would range far and wide as part of their subsistence approach.

It is unlikely that Lake Taupo had a viable natural population of eels (Anguilla spp.) during the pre-European contact period. eels were introduced later and due to their lack of ability to reproduce we're always a susceptible to overfishing and may have disappeared periodically.

Indigenous People, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and Climate Change: The Iconic Underwater Cultural Heritage of Stone Tidal Weirs Project Group. #oceanspast #OceanAction46159 #maritimeheritage #IndigenousPeoples #oceandecadeheritage
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Many of the coastal regions of Brazil have a selection of stone and wood fish weirs. The traps represent a mixture of fishing traditions of #Indigenouspeoples and imported European #fishweirs. 2/3

Mass capture methods were done not relying on technology but primarily on individual community groups. Whether by seine netting, Fish trap construction and maintenance or human fish drives where the community itself acted as the barrier to corral and capture fish.

Villagers drive fish into the net, which is closed at one end to be pulled in. This type of fishing tradition is carried out across the Asia Pacific, especially by Polynesian peoples. A fishing tradition that literally symbolises the unity and purpose of a community.