The complex relationship between asset wealth, adaptation, and diversification in tropical fisheries

Taylor, Sarah F; Aswani, Shankar; Jiddawi, Narriman; Coupland, Jack; James, Phillip; Kelly, Stephen; Kizenga, Hellen; Roberts, Michael J; Popova, Ekaterina

Title: The complex relationship between asset wealth, adaptation, and diversification in tropical fisheries
Creator: Taylor, Sarah F
Creator: Aswani, Shankar
Creator: Jiddawi, Narriman
Creator: Coupland, Jack
Creator: James, Phillip
Creator: Kelly, Stephen
Creator: Kizenga, Hellen
Creator: Roberts, Michael J
Creator: Popova, Ekaterina
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2021
Date: 2021
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/403475
Identifier: vital:69964
Identifier: xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105808"
Description: Marine small-scale fisheries are complex social and ecological systems that are currently pressurised by climate change, increasing demand for food, and expectation to sustain livelihoods. Species diversification and occupational diversification are often offered as adaptation strategies to increase the resilience of these fisheries to natural and economic shocks. However, little is known about the nature of species diversification within marine tropical fisheries. Based on 293 interviews with artisanal fishers from six coastal communities located at the isles of Zanzibar, Pemba, Mafia, and Mainland Tanga in Tanzania - we assess if fishers with the highest level of species diversification are the most financially secure and able to adapt to changes in the fishing industry. By creating an Asset Wealth Index (AWI) based on a Multiple Correspondence Approach (MCA), we investigate the relative levels of adaptive capacity and fishery connectivity within the different regional wealth quartiles. We find that less wealthy fishers target fewer species, making them less able to absorb changes in management measures focused on species, area, and closures. Likewise, fishers with higher wealth scores and higher adaptive capacity are able to better absorb the short-term losses of fisheries closures when compared to those with lower wealth and adaptive scores reliant on higher levels of fishery connectivity.
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Format: online resource
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Format: 1 online resource (10 pages)
Format: pdf
Publisher: Elsevier
Language: English
Relation: Ocean and Coastal Management
Relation: Taylor, S.F., Aswani, S., Jiddawi, N., Coupland, J., James, P.A., Kelly, S., Kizenga, H., Roberts, M. and Popova, E., 2021. The complex relationship between asset wealth, adaptation, and diversification in tropical fisheries. Ocean and Coastal Management, 212, p.105808
Relation: Ocean and Coastal Management volume 212 p. 105808 2021 0964-5691
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