To Fish or Not to Fish: Factors at Multiple Scales Affecting Artisanal Fishers' Readiness to Exit a Declining Fishery

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 7; no. 2; p. e31460
• Main Authors: Daw, Tim M., Cinner, Joshua E., McClanahan, Timothy R., Brown, Katrina, Stead, Selina M., Graham, Nicholas A. J., Maina, Joseph
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 10.02.2012; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adaptation; Adaptations; Agriculture; Animals; Biology; Climate change; Coastal zone management; Coasts; Commercial fishing; Conservation; Conservation of Natural Resources - economics; Coral reefs; Decision making; Earth Sciences; Economic factors; Economics; Ecosystem; Ecosystem degradation; Environmental changes; Environmental degradation; Environmental impact; Environmental policy; Farming; Fisheries; Fisheries - economics; Fishes; Fishing; Fishing (Recreation); Global temperature changes; Households; Indian Ocean; Livelihood; Monetary incentives; Natural resources; Organizational aspects; Overfishing; Protection and preservation; Scales; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Social factors; Socio-economic aspects; Socioeconomic Factors; Studies; Subsidies; Sustainability; Sustainable fisheries; Indian Ocean; New York; United States > US
• ISSN: 1932-6203; 1932-6203
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031460

Globally, fisheries are challenged by the combined impacts of overfishing, degradation of ecosystems and impacts of climate change, while fisheries livelihoods are further pressured by conservation policy imperatives. Fishers' adaptive responses to these pressures, such as exiting from a fisher...