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Adoption of sustainable low-impact fishing practices is not enough to secure sustainable livelihoods and social wellbeing in small-scale fishing communities

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dc.contributor.author De la Puente Jerí, Santiago
dc.contributor.author López de la Lama, Rocío María
dc.contributor.author Llerena Cayo, Camila
dc.contributor.author Martínez Tello, Benny Raquel
dc.contributor.author Rey Cama, Gonzalo Antonio
dc.contributor.author Christensen, V.
dc.contributor.author Rivera Chira, Maria Concepcion
dc.contributor.author Valdes Velasquez, Armando
dc.date.accessioned 2022-11-15T23:04:39Z
dc.date.available 2022-11-15T23:04:39Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/12567
dc.description.abstract Improving small-scale fishers’ wellbeing is a core policy objective in efforts to achieve just, equitable and sustainable futures. Nonetheless, fishers’ wellbeing is rarely assessed or monitored over time using quantitative indicators. We evaluated the socio-economic performance and evolution of two small-scale fishing communities of northern Peru using the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach. Quantitative indicators were used to characterize fishers financial, human, natural, physical, and social capitals. We also developed a simple, yet novel, composite index to quantify fishers’ Unsatisfied Basic Needs. This approach allowed us to grasp changes in the material and relational dimensions of fishers’ wellbeing over time. Fishers in these communities had: (i) low human and financial capital assets, (ii) strong social capital assets, and (iii) experienced improvements in their physical capital assets whilst reporting declines in their natural capital assets. Although fishers mainly use highly selective, low-impact fishing methods, their target stocks and incomes are declining. People's wellbeing in these communities was highly vulnerable to external environmental (e.g., El Niño) and economic (e.g., access to markets) drivers as well as poor governance (e.g., weak rule of law, low institutional fit, corruption). Our results suggest that small-scale fishers of these two sites are currently in a social-ecological trap, with many points of entry and few ways out. We discuss potential avenues for escaping the trap and improving their wellbeing based on commonly suggested livelihoods strategies found in the literature. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartofseries Marine Policy
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.subject Blue justice en_US
dc.subject Fisheries governance en_US
dc.subject Human wellbeing en_US
dc.subject Small-scale fisheries en_US
dc.subject Sustainable livelihoods approach en_US
dc.title Adoption of sustainable low-impact fishing practices is not enough to secure sustainable livelihoods and social wellbeing in small-scale fishing communities en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105321
dc.relation.issn 1872-9460


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