Willingness to exit the artisanal fishery as a response to scenarios of declining catch or increasing monetary incentives

Muallil, Richard N.; Geronimo, Rollan C.; Cleland, Deborah; Cabral, Reniel B.; Doctor, Maria Victoria A.; Cruz-Trinidad, Annabelle; Aliño, Porfirio M.

doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2011.06.013

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“…Non-monetary factors also affect the level of satisfaction. Other studies suggest that marital status, age, and length of time fishing are significant determinants of satisfaction and willingness to stay in the fishery (Polinac and Poggie 2008;Muallil et al 2011;Pollnac et al 2012). Unfortunately, these variables were not collected in the survey, although these variables are often associated with general happiness (Peiró 2006), which may or may not also affect general attitudes toward work (Ashkanasy 2011).…”

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“…Muallil et al (2011) found that heterogeneity in fishers' willingness to exit a fishery was linked to social drivers such as age, education, dependency on the fishery for their livelihood and their individual adaptive capacity. Several previous studies of fisher job satisfaction have suggested that, for many, fishing is more than a livelihood and instead is viewed as a 'way of life', and further that even when facing decreased catches and lower incomes, many fishers are not likely to choose to leave the industry (Gatewood and McCay 1988;Coulthard 2012;Monnereau and Pollnac 2012;Pollnac et al 2012).…”

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Satisfaction with fishing and the desire to leave

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Cannard

Jebreen³

et al. 2014

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Predicting who may leave a fishery is an important consideration when designing capacity reduction programs to enhance both ecological and economic sustainability. In this paper, the relationship between satisfaction and the desire to exit a fishery is examined for the Queensland East Coast Trawl fishery. Income from fishing, and changes in income over the last 5 years, were key factors affecting overall satisfaction. Relative income per se was not a significant factor, counter to most satisfaction studies. Continuing a family tradition of fishing and, for one group, pride in being a fisher was found to be significant. Satisfaction with fishing overall and the challenge of fishing were found to be the primary drivers of the desire to stay or leave the fishery. Surprisingly, public perceptions of fishing, trust in management and perceptions of equity in resource allocation did not significantly affect overall satisfaction or the desire to exit the fishery.

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Satisfaction with fishing and the desire to leave

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“…(Allison et al 2009;Muallil et al 2011). This reflects the vulnerability of social and ecological systems of the fisheries subjected to climate change…”

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“…Note that a high default score is used when the information needed to assign a score is not available Less than 10 % of the population has less than 10 years of schooling Between 20 and 40 % Between 40 and 60 % More than 60 % Educational attainment is a major factor that influences fishers to exit the fisheries (Muallil et al 2011) decided that the final exposure score should not be rescaled relative to the other communities being evaluated within a given analysis. Consequently, if the climate vulnerability of five communities belonging to the same town is to be evaluated, the exposure scores for all five will likely be the same.…”

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I-C-SEA Change: A participatory tool for rapid assessment of vulnerability of tropical coastal communities to climate change impacts

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We present a synoptic, participatory vulnerability assessment tool to help identify the likely impacts of climate change and human activity in coastal areas and begin discussions among stakeholders on the coping and adaptation measures necessary to minimize these impacts. Vulnerability assessment tools are most needed in the tropical Indo-Pacific, where burgeoning populations and inequitable economic growth place even greater burdens on natural resources and support ecosystems. The Integrated Coastal Sensitivity, Exposure, and Adaptive Capacity for Climate Change (I-C-SEA Change) tool is built around a series of scoring rubrics to guide non-specialists in assigning scores to the sensitivity and adaptive capacity components of vulnerability, particularly for coral reef, seagrass, and mangrove habitats, along with fisheries and coastal integrity. These scores are then weighed against threat or exposure to climate-related impacts such as marine flooding and erosion. The tool provides opportunities for learning by engaging more stakeholders in participatory planning and group decision-making. It also allows for information to be collated and processed during a ''town-hall'' meeting, facilitating further discussion, data validation, and even interactive scenario building.

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“…This is particularly true for fishers who have long familial and personal histories in the profession . The job satisfaction literature in fisheries argues, also, that policy has to consider the material and the subjective satisfactions that link fishers to their occupation, as they may motivate fishers to stay in fishing even when it appears economically irrational to do so (Pollnac et al 2001;Muallil et al 2011).…”

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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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Willingness to exit the artisanal fishery as a response to scenarios of declining catch or increasing monetary incentives

Cited by 104 publications

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Satisfaction with fishing and the desire to leave

Satisfaction with fishing and the desire to leave

I-C-SEA Change: A participatory tool for rapid assessment of vulnerability of tropical coastal communities to climate change impacts

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

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