Gelcich, Stefan and Edwards-Jones, Gareth and Kaiser, Michel J. (2005) Importance of attitudinal differences among artisanal fishers toward co-management and conservation of marine resources. Conservation Biology.
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The Chilean government has introduced a policy that gives formal property rights over defined areas of seabed to organized groups of artisanal fishers with the goal of achieving sustainable exploitation of natural resources. We assessed differences in the attitudes of participating artisanal fishers toward this form of management to understand their importance in the design and implementation of fisheries management. We used questionnaires and participatory rural appraisal techniques to survey members of six fishing management committees. Fishers' attitudes varied significantly among syndicates in three main domains attitudes toward the environment, unresolved aspects behind the management area policy, and perceived benefits derived fromadoption of the policy. These differences indicated the existence of distinct world views that structure fishers' behavior toward the marine environment and its management. In addition, the responses made by fishers correlated best with the degree of off-sector pluriactivity and their dependence on diving as a source of income. This suggested that a livelihood approach to the development of Chilean artisanal fisheries that considers the multiple economic niches of the fishers will be most effective in the implementation of dual conservation/management measures.
| Item Type: | Documents |
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| Class Number: | 500.IMP029 |
| Keywords: | Artisanal Fisheries, Co-management, Marine Resources, Conservation, Chile, Property Rights, Sustainable Fisheries, Small-scale Fisheries, Marine Fisheries, Income, PRA, Fisheries Economy, Policy, Livelihood |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Chitti Babu ICSF |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Feb 2022 07:01 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Feb 2022 07:01 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/9474 |
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