Apeadido, Joseph and Alhassah, Hamdiyah and Ehiakpor, Dennis Sedem (2023) Marine plastic pollution: fishers coping strategies and its welfare effect in Volta region, Ghana. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 198. p. 13.
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The issue of marine plastic pollution has drawn significant attention from around the world due to the harm it poses to marine and coastal ecosystems. Despite this, the scholarly literature has not been able to fully explore the coping strategies adopted by fishers and their welfare effects. Motivated by this argument, this study examines the determinants of the coping strategies employed in response to marine plastic pollution, and its effect on fishers' productivity in the Volta region, Ghana. Empirically, the multinomial endogenous switching regression (MESR) model established that the drivers of the coping strategies adopted were age, knowledge, marital status, fishers' experience in fishing, and household size. Fishers that adopted purse net only, drift-gill net only, both purse and drift-gill nets and all the three fishing techniques (purse, drag and drift-gill) have a greater productivity compared to the non-adopters. Policy implications are proposed.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Volta Region, Ghana, Marine Pollution, Coastal Ecosystems, Marine Ecosystems, Artisanal Fisheries, Fishing Communities, Fishing Gear |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Mar 2025 11:59 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2025 11:59 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/21136 |
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