Title
Assessing information-sharing networks within small-scale fisheries and the implications for conservation interventions
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Arlidge W.N.S.
Firth J.A.
Ibanez-Erquiaga B.
Mangel J.C.
Squires D.
Milner-Gulland E.J.
Publisher(s)
Royal Society Publishing
Abstract
The effectiveness of behavioural interventions in conservation often depends on local resource users' underlying social interactions. However, it remains unclear to what extent differences in related topics of information shared between resource users can alter network structure - holding implications for information flows and the spread of behaviours. Here, we explore the differences in nine subtopics of fishing information related to the planned expansion of a community co-management scheme aiming to reduce sea turtle bycatch at a small-scale fishery in Peru. We show that the general network structure detailing information sharing about sea turtle bycatch is dissimilar from other fishing information sharing. Specifically, no significant degree assortativity (degree homophily) was identified, and the variance in node eccentricity was lower than expected under our null models. We also demonstrate that patterns of information sharing between fishers related to sea turtle bycatch are more similar to information sharing about fishing regulations, and vessel technology and maintenance, than to information sharing about weather, fishing activity, finances and crew management. Our findings highlight the importance of assessing information-sharing networks in contexts directly relevant to the desired intervention and demonstrate the identification of social contexts that might be more or less appropriate for information sharing related to planned conservation actions.
Volume
8
Issue
11
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Conservación de la Biodiversidad
Acuicultura
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85122328294
Source
Royal Society Open Science
Sponsor(s)
W.N.S.A. was supported by a PhD Scholarship from the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK and the University of Oxford (PhD scholarship NZCR-2015-174), the OX/BER Research Partnership Seed Funding Fund in collaboration with the University of Oxford and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (OXBER_STEM7), and acknowledges funding from the Pew Charitable Trusts through a Pew Fellowship to E.J.M.-G. J.A.F was supported by a research fellowship from Merton College and BBSRC (grant no. BB/S009752/1) and acknowledges funding from NERC (grant no. NE/S010335/1). Acknowledgements
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