Based on the magnitude of reduction in taxa abundance, and the early date of noted reductions, it is absolutely certain that the marine ecology of the study area had become badly degraded by the middle of the 20th century when Western scientific studies of the region began. [...] In this paper, we describe the range of documents and information reviewed for this project, summarize the primary findings and results of this research, and identify and historicize some of the major changes in species abundance to occur in the study area since 1792 CE. [...] Therefore, the study area of this review includes all of Burrard Inlet, the lower spawning reaches of all the creeks and rivers draining into Burrard Inlet, the southern extremity of Howe Sound, the Salish Sea surrounding Point Grey and Point Roberts, and the lower Fraser River upstream to the Coquitlam River (Figure 1). [...] Documentation of Indigenous lifeways often included information relevant to the marine ecology of the study area, such as descriptions of the range of prey species, the locations of harvested species, and the range of tools and traps to harvest local prey species. [...] Each reference in the database includes the species (or taxa), resource or ecological feature discussed, the identity of the informant, the exact citation of the reference, the year or time frame of the reference, and the approximate location of the reference including UTM coordinates.
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