Assessing the social wellbeing of Northern Ireland's fishing society using a three-dimensional approach

Britton, Easkey; Coulthard, Sarah

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2012.04.011

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“…Consequently, local fishers began to experience declining fish catches in the last four to five years. As is evident elsewhere in the world, these circumstances have reduced the desirability of fishing (Britton and Coulthard 2013;Trimble and Johnson 2013).…”

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“…Fishing is much more than just a source of income, it is a 'way of life' for many coastal communities around the world (Thompson et al 1983;Bavinck 2001;Britton and Coulthard 2013;Urquhart and Acott 2013). As Pollnac and Poggie note (2006), central to the job satisfaction of fishers and their adherence to the occupation is self-actualisation, which includes the sense of adventure, freedom, and challenge that fishing brings:…”

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“…It includes food, income or assets, employment, the standard of living and access to natural resources (Coulthard 2012;Britton and Coulthard 2013). The relational dimension explicitly studies how socially constructed relationships shape the wellbeing of individuals or society as a whole (White 2009;Coulthard et al 2011;Weeratunge et al 2014).…”

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“…It provides an identity to fishers and it is a way of life for them. Therefore, considerable attention needs to be paid to understand the subjective meanings that fishers associate with fishing (Urquhart et al 2011;Britton and Coulthard 2013).…”

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“…Fishing contributes greatly to the material wellbeing of fishers in terms of income, food and standard of living (Coulthard 2012;Britton and Coulthard 2013). However, two boat owners from Saiyad Rajpara have gone bankrupt due to successive low harvests and have been working as crew in other boats for the last three years.…”

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Social wellbeing and commons management failure in a small-scale bag net fishery in Gujarat, India

Biswal

Johnson

Berkes

2017

International Journal of the Commons

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Social scientists have long recognized that fishing is perceived by many coastal communities as a way of life that does much more than just provide material benefits. A corollary to this is that fishers are often reluctant to quit fishing. Marine fisheries are complex and dynamic, and are often subject to classic commons dilemmas. These dilemmas have become much more acute in recent decades as pressures on the world's small-scale fisheries have mounted. We argue that a social wellbeing approach provides a valuable perspective from which to view changing fisher perceptions of bag net fishing in the face of commons management failure in Gir Somnath District in Gujarat State, India. Fishers' perceptions of fishing as a desirable occupation are not shaped by only their job satisfaction. Ineffective governance and largely failed institutions are the factors that fishers blame for the recent crisis in their fishery. Many fishers are pessimistic about the future of fishing and do not want their children to be a part of this occupation that was vibrant until recently.Keywords: Commons, fisher perceptions, governance, India, institutions, smallscale fisheries, social wellbeing Acknowledgement: We would like to thank the fishers and residents of Saiyad Rajpara who voluntarily gave us time out of their busy schedules. We appreciate Social wellbeing and commons management failure 685 the cooperation from the Fisheries Department at the regional, sub-regional and local branches. Comments from Thomas Henley at the University of Manitoba are much appreciated.

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