The Human Dimensions of Sustainable Fisheries Management: Understanding the Importance of Social Impact Assessment in the Development of Limited Access Privilege Programs in Fisheries Management
Abstract
The intersection of human social systems and fisheries management is a highly complex
web of interwoven relationships. The communities that rely on commercial fisheries
for social, cultural, and economic support are experiencing increased pressures on
their survival as a result of global fisheries decline. While the effects of these
pressures have had obvious economic and biological impacts, they have also had profound
social effects that are rarely captured or addressed. Government agencies and NGO’s
largely responsible for creating fisheries management plans are often not equipped
to measure these social costs.
The purpose of this paper is to formulate a social assessment framework for capturing
potential changes in the social capital of fishing communities under a limited access
privilege program (LAPP). Thorough investigation of the North Carolina snapper-grouper
complex and the Mexican Kino Bay fishery were the catalyst for adaptation of the institutional
analysis and development (IAD) framework presented as a new metric for understanding
social transformations in these communities. On a broader level, this paper aims to
encourage social science involvement in fisheries management in order to promote a
balance between the social and biological components of fisheries management.
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Loquine, Michelle (2010). The Human Dimensions of Sustainable Fisheries Management: Understanding the Importance
of Social Impact Assessment in the Development of Limited Access Privilege Programs
in Fisheries Management. Master's project, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/2232.Collections
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