Between Land and Water: The Subsistence Ecology of the Miskito Indians, Eastern Nicaragua

TitleBetween Land and Water: The Subsistence Ecology of the Miskito Indians, Eastern Nicaragua
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication1973
AuthorsNietschmann B
PublisherSeminar Press
CityNew York, USA
Source DocumentAccessible with appropriate permission
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Artisanal green turtle fishery in eastern (Caribbean) Nicaragua

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The artisanal green turtle fishery is operated by the indigenous Miskito along Nicaragua's eastern (Caribbean) coast between the city of Bluefields in the south and Puerto Cabezas in the north.  The original case study focused on the village of Tasbapauni which is located approximately 40 miles north of the capital Bluefields on a narrow beach separating Pearl Lagoon from the ocean.  The initial report covers a time period from approximately 1968 to 1969, as well as part of 1971, and...
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