Assessment of fishers’ perception in developing climate change adaptation and mitigation plans

Abstract

Climate change is a global challenge today, with its impacts felt worldwide. The coastal regions around globe are more prone to the impacts of climate change than the inlands, fishing being one of the primary occupations of the coast, the fishermen community is the most vulnerable group to be affected by the climate change. Even with extensive scientific research in this arena there is a lacuna in finding a panacea to this existing problem. The objective of this study is to determine the scope of developing village level adaptation and mitigation plan for the community through a comprehensive analysis of the community perception on climate change impacts, vulnerability and existing adaptation mitigation strategies. In the chosen study villages of Ochanthuruth and Narakkal of Ernakulam district, the impact of climate change was felt on both resource and resource users based on a perception analysis made using comprehensive interview schedule administered across 300 households. The study revealed that the actual science and consequences of climate change impacts in a long run are not perceived well. The work suggests that concerted efforts in bringing about resilient community can be achieved through global understanding of the issue and coming up with area specific solutions with the inclusion of the much forgotten social factor-the stakeholders..

Climate change: A potential risk to cage culture and genetic structure of native fisheries in fish cage‐installed inland lakes

“…At the same time, however, the perceptions of FCI and FCF respondents regarding the influences of CC variables on fish cage culture could have been driven by local experiences. Thus, planning resilience for inland African lake communities regarding CC impacts with respect to fish cage aquaculture could be achieved through the provision of area specific solutions, a suggestion in agreement with the recommendation of Salim et al (2015).…”