Pubblicazione scientifica

Catalyzing sustainable fisheries management through behavior change interventions

FILONE TECNOLOGICO	TEMA
economia circolare e sostenibilità
sicurezza e qualità sui luoghi di lavoro

RIASSUNTO

Abstract

Small‐scale fisheries are an important livelihood and primary protein source for coastal communities in many of the poorest regions in the world, yet many are overfished and thus require effective and scalable management solutions. Positive ecological and socioeconomic responses to management typically lag behind immediate costs borne by fishers from fishing pressure reductions necessary for fisheries recovery. These short‐term costs challenge the long‐term success of these interventions. However, social marketing may increase perceptions of management benefits before ecological and socioeconomic benefits are fully realized, driving new social norms and ultimately long‐term sustainable behavior change. By conducting underwater visual surveys to quantify ecological conditions and by conducting household surveys with community members to quantify their perceptions of management support and socioeconomic conditions, we assessed the impact of a standardized small‐scale fisheries management intervention that was implemented across 41 sites in Brazil, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The intervention combines TURF reserves (community‐based territorial use rights for fishing coupled with no‐take marine reserves) with locally tailored social‐marketing behavior change campaigns. Leveraging data across 22 indicators and 4 survey types, along with data from 3 control sites, we found that ecological and socioeconomic impacts varied and that communities supported the intervention and were already changing their fishing practices. These results suggest that communities were developing new social norms and fishing more sustainably before long‐term ecological and socioeconomic benefits of fisheries management materialized.

DATA

Data di pubblicazione: 15/04/2020

AUTORI

MCDONALD GAVIN
WILSON MOLLY
VERISSIMO DIOGO
TWOHEY REBECCA
CLEMENCE MICHAELA
APISTAR DEAN
BOX STEPHEN
BUTLER PAUL
CADIZ FEL CESAR
CAMPBELL STUART J
COX COURTNEY
EFFRON MICAH
GAINES STEVE
JAKUB RAYMOND
MANCAO ROQUELITO H
ROJAS PABLO T
TIRONA ROCKY SANCHEZ
VIANNA GABRIEL

ENTE DI AFFERENZA

MARINE SCIENCE INSTITUTE SANTA BARBARA – MARINE SCIENCE BUILDING UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA CA 93106 USA
BREN SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA – 2400 BREN HALL SANTA BARBARA CA 93106 USA
DEPT ZOOLOGY OXFORD MARTIN SCHOOL UNIV OXFORD
CORAL REEF ALLIANCE 1330 BROADWAY 600 OAKLAND CA 94612 USA
RARE PHILIPPINES 91–104 F RAMOS ST CEBU CITY CEBU 6000 PHILIPPINES
RARE – 1310 N COURTHOUSE RD SUITE 110 ARLINGTON VA 22201 USA
RARE INDONESIA – JL GUNUNG GEDE I NO 6 RT 3/RW 4 BANTARJATI BOGOR UTARA KOTA BOGOR JAWA BARAT 16153 INDONESIA
RUA VISCONDE DE PIRAJA 177‐SALA 801 IPANEMA RIO DE JANEIRO RJ BRAZIL
CURRENT ADDRESS UNIV WESTERN AUSTRALIA

RIVISTA

Conservation Biology, 34(5), 1176-1189

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