The challenges of local governance: Gear-based fragmentation in the Dominican fishery of Buen Hombre

Cox, Michael; Wilson, Margaret; Pavlowich, Tyler

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2015.09.029

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“…This reflects broader literature on social ties, where personal networks of individuals are seen as being characterized by homogeneity -members are likely to share key characteristics, whether based on ethnicity, sex, age, education, occupation or behaviour patterns (McPherson, Smith-Lovin, and Cook 2001). Such homophilic networks have been seen to limit the potential for collective management of the fisheries (Crona and Bodin 2006) and influence the type of fishing methods used and consequently the content and quantity of catch and sustainability of the fisheries (Barnes et al 2016;Cox, Wilson, and Pavlowich 2016).…”

Section: Social Relations and Network In Fisheries Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 71%

“…Mapping of social ties within fisheries settings has been undertaken through the application of social network analysis (SNA), with research showing that people are more likely to turn to, and exchange information with, people of the same occupation (fishing crew, boat owner, middlemen/trader) (Crona and Bodin 2006;Maya-Jariego, Ramos, and del Corral 2016), using the same type of gear (Crona and Bodin 2006;Cox, Wilson, and Pavlowich 2016) and of the same ethnicity (Barnes et al 2016;Barnes-Mauthe et al 2013). This reflects broader literature on social ties, where personal networks of individuals are seen as being characterized by homogeneity -members are likely to share key characteristics, whether based on ethnicity, sex, age, education, occupation or behaviour patterns (McPherson, Smith-Lovin, and Cook 2001).…”

Section: Social Relations and Network In Fisheries Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Social ties in fishing communities have been shown to be influential in accessing information, facilitating cooperation for resource management and influencing behaviour (Crona and Bodin 2006;Ramirez-Sanchez and Pinkerton 2009;Turner, Polunin, and Stead 2014). Research has shown that social networks within fishing communities are often characterized by shared occupation, gear type and ethnicity (Barnes et al 2016; Barnes-Mauthe et al 2013;Cox, Wilson, and Pavlowich 2016;Crona and Bodin 2006;Maya-Jariego, Ramos, and del Corral 2016) and that this common identity forms the basis of social cohesion necessary for successful community engagement in fisheries management (Pinkerton 1989;Pinkerton et al 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Community Cohesion: Social and Economic Ties in the Personal Networks of Fisherfolk

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Mbilingi

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Society & Natural Resources

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Section: Social Relations and Network In Fisheries Communitiesmentioning

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Section: Social Relations and Network In Fisheries Communitiesmentioning

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Community Cohesion: Social and Economic Ties in the Personal Networks of Fisherfolk

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Mbilingi

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“…Today, it is one of several villages in Montecristi Province that are part of a collaborative effort to improve marine resource management between the Dominican government, local nongovernmental organizations, and international environmental conservation and sustainable development organizations [ 12 ]. In collaboration with a Dominican nongovernmental organization, AgroFrontera, we began researching the social-ecological dynamics of the fishing system in Buen Hombre during the summer of 2012 [ 36 , 38 ]. Permission to conduct non-destructive, observational field studies on coastal marine ecosystems was granted to AgroFrontera by the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic (permission #000200).…”

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Understanding spearfishing in a coral reef fishery: Fishers’ opportunities, constraints, and decision-making

Pavlowich

Kapuscinski

2017

PLoS ONE

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Social and ecological systems come together during the act of fishing. However, we often lack a deep understanding of the fishing process, despite its importance for understanding and managing fisheries. A quantitative, mechanistic understanding of the opportunities fishers encounter, the constraints they face, and how they make decisions within the context of opportunities and constraints will enhance the design of fisheries management strategies to meet linked ecological and social objectives and will improve scientific capacity to predict impacts of different strategies. We examined the case of spearfishing in a Caribbean coral reef fishery. We mounted cameras on fishers’ spearguns to observe the fish they encountered, what limited their ability to catch fish, and how they made decisions about which fish to target. We observed spearfishers who dove with and without the assistance of compressed air, and compared the fishing process of each method using content analysis of videos and decision models of fishers’ targeting selections. Compressor divers encountered more fish, took less time to catch each fish, and had a higher rate of successful pursuits. We also analyzed differences among taxa in this multispecies fishery, because some taxa are known to be ecologically or economically more valuable than others. Parrotfish are ecologically indispensable for healthy coral reefs, and they were encountered and captured more frequently than any other taxon. Fishers made decisions about which fish to target based on a fish’s market value, proximity to the fisher, and taxon. The information uncovered on fishers’ opportunities, constraints, and decision making has implications for managing this fishery and others. Moreover, it demonstrates the value of pursuing an improved understanding of the fishing process from the perspective of the fishers.

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“…As demonstrated by Cody et al (2015) and Cox et al (2016b), communities of natural resource users, while holding important advantages such as a wealth of local ecological knowledge (Berkes 2012), are perfectly capable of avoiding fundamental solutions by choosing technical, symptomatic solutions to their problems. The factors that encourage lock-in overlap to some extent with the factors that can make it difficult for communities to act collectively to sustain a shared resource.…”

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The pathology of command and control: a formal synthesis

Cox¹

2016

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ABSTRACT. One of the most important theories in the study of environmental governance and policy is the pathology of command and control, which describes the negative consequences of top-down, technocratic governance of social and ecological systems. However, to date, this theory has been expressed somewhat inconsistently and informally in the literature, even by the seminal works that have established its importance and popularized it. This presents a problem for the sustainability science community if it cannot be sure of the precise details of one of its most important theories. Without such precision, applications and tests of various elements of the theory cannot be conducted reliably to advance the knowledge of environmental governance. I address this problem by synthesizing several seminal works to formalize this theory. The formalization involves the identification of the individual elements of the theory and a diagrammatic description of their relationships with each other that unfold in a series of semi-independent causal paths. Ideally, with such a formalization, scholars can use this theory more reliably and more meaningfully in their future work. I conclude by discussing the implications this theory has for the governance of natural resources.

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The challenges of local governance: Gear-based fragmentation in the Dominican fishery of Buen Hombre

Cited by 12 publications

References 20 publications

Community Cohesion: Social and Economic Ties in the Personal Networks of Fisherfolk

Community Cohesion: Social and Economic Ties in the Personal Networks of Fisherfolk

Understanding spearfishing in a coral reef fishery: Fishers’ opportunities, constraints, and decision-making

The pathology of command and control: a formal synthesis

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