Between uncertainty and hope: Young leaders as agents of change in sustainable small-scale fisheries.

ABSTRACT: The path to sustainable small-scale fisheries (SSF) is based on multiple learning processes that must transcend generational changes. To understand young leaders from communities with sustainable SSF management practices in Mexico, we used in-depth interviews to identify their shared motivations and perceptions for accepting their fishing heritage. These possible future decision-makers act as agents of change due to their organizational and technological abilities. However, young people are currently at a crossroads. Many inherited a passion for the sea and want to improve and diversify the fishing sector, yet young leaders do not want to accept a legacy of complicated socioenvironmental conditions that can limit their futures. These future leaders are especially concerned by the uncertain

SUBMITTER: Espinoza-Tenorio A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8561361 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature