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Sainsbury, Nigel C., Schuhmann, Peter W., Turner, Rachel A., Grilli, Gaetano 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1376-167X, Pinnegar, John K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5061-9520, Genner, Martin J. and Simpson, Stephen D.
(2021)
Trade-offs between physical risk and economic reward affect fishers’ vulnerability to changing storminess.
Global Environmental Change, 69.
ISSN 0959-3780
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Abstract
Climate change-driven alterations in storm frequency and intensity threaten the wellbeing of billions of people who depend on fisheries for food security and livelihoods. Weather conditions shape vulnerability to both loss of life and reduced fishing opportunities through their influence on fishers' daily participation decisions. The trade-off between physical risk at sea and the economic rewards of continued fishing under adverse weather conditions is a critical component of fishers’ trip decisions but is poorly understood. We employed a stated choice experiment with skippers from a temperate mixed-species fishery in southwest England to empirically assess how fishers trade off the risks from greater wind speed and wave height with the benefits of expected catch and prices. Technical fishing and socio-economic data were collected for individual fishers to identify the factors influencing trade-off decisions. Fishers preferred increased wind speed and wave height up to a threshold, after which they became increasingly averse to worsening conditions. Fishing gear, vessel length, presence of crew, vessel ownership, age, recent fishing success and reliance on fishing income all influenced the skippers’ decisions to go to sea. This study provides a first insight into the socio-economic, environmental, and technical fishing factors that can influence the sensitivity of individual fishers to changing storminess. These insights can help to inform fisheries climate vulnerability assessments and the development of adaptation measures.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | sdg 2 - zero hunger,sdg 13 - climate action,sdg 14 - life below water ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/zero_hunger |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Collaborative Centre for Sustainable Use of the Seas Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Mar 2021 00:43 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jul 2023 06:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/79481 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102228 |
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