Climate adaptation pathways and the role of social-ecological networks in small-scale fisheries.

ABSTRACT: Climate change is expected to have increasing impacts on marine ecosystems which will threaten the livelihoods and wellbeing of millions of people. Drawing on social-ecological network and sociodemographic data collected via face-to-face interviews with 404 small-scale commercial fishers from 9 Galician communities (Spain), we empirically examine the adaptation pathways that fishers follow when they face hypothetical impacts on their fishery resources and test the role of five social-ecological network structures on fisher's stated intended responses to such scenarios. Our results show that fishers generally intend to follow a 'remain-adapt-transform-exit (the fishery)' pathway when faced with increasing climate impacts. Next, we demonstrate that trust-based bonding ties and ties to inform

SUBMITTER: Salgueiro-Otero D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9478087 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature