Silva, Juan A. and Hechem, María Ignacia Rivera and Hong, Corinna and Clawson, Gage and Hoover, Barbara Rose and Butera, Thomas and Oyanedel, Rodrigo and McDonald, Gavin and Jakub, Raymond and Muawanah, Umi and Zulham, Armen and Baihaki, Aki and Costello, Christopher (2022) Assessing the drivers of vessel tracking systems adoption for improved small-scale fisheries management. Ocean & Coastal Management, 226.
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The use of vessel tracking systems (VTS) on small-scale fishing vessels can provide data necessary for improved fisheries management. Nevertheless, the adoption of mandated VTS is still limited in small-scale fisheries given the hardship of establishing and enforcing vessel tracking regulations in this fishing sector. However, there is potential for incentivizing voluntary adoption of tracking programs in small-scale vessels. We surveyed small-scale fishers from Indonesia (n = 124) and Mexico (n = 87) to identify which attributes and conditions increase the likelihood of adoption of VTS programs. The survey included a choice experiment to elicit fishers' preferences over attributes of safety, privacy, and data ownership of hypothetical VTS programs along with a bidding game to gauge fishers' willingness to pay. Our results indicated that most fishers in Indonesia and Mexico are willing to pay for VTS programs. VTS programs that included a safety feature were preferred over those that did not. Fishers also indicated that they would prefer VTS programs that provide ownership of the data to fishers or the government instead of the industry or the public. Additionally, we found that individual fisher characteristics are strongly related to willingness to pay and are better predictors of fishers' willingness to pay than the program attributes. Understanding which VTS programs are more likely to be adopted, and by whom, is crucial to uncover the potential of this technology in informing small-scale fisheries management and supporting resource governance.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Small-scale Fisheries, Fisheries Management, Vessel Tracking Systems (VTS), Fishing Vessels, Governance, Coastal Communities, Sustainable Management |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Mar 2025 08:06 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2025 08:06 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/21333 |
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