Artisanal fishers in small island developing states and their perception of environmental change: the case study of Mauritius.

ABSTRACT: Small island developing states (SIDS) are highly dependent on coastal marine resources. Artisanal fishers in SIDS currently face multiple stressors related to global environmental change. Considering Mauritius (South Western Indian Ocean) as a case study, this paper characterizes artisanal fishers in SIDS and assesses their perception of global change using the Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) approach. A semi-structured survey method was used to interview 247 fishers from all around the country. Artisanal fishers used multiple fishing areas and gears, with half of the fishers using Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs). Six main groups of fishers were identified according to their fishing strategies, which reflected different target species in their reported catches. The majority of fishers rep

SUBMITTER: Appadoo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9638499 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature