Social-ecological vulnerability to environmental extremes and adaptation pathways in small-scale fisheries of the southern California Current
Coastal ecosystems and human communities are threatened worldwide by climate change, and shocks from social, market and political change. There is an urgent global need to promote resilient food production and livelihoods in the face of these shocks. Small-scale fisheries (SSF) in rural settings can...
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| author | Fiorenza Micheli Fiorenza Micheli Andrea Saenz-Arroyo Andrea Saenz-Arroyo Emilius Aalto Rodrigo Beas-Luna Charles A. Boch Charles A. Boch Juan Camilo Cardenas Juan Camilo Cardenas Giulio A. De Leo Eduardo Diaz Antonio Espinoza-Montes Elena Finkbeiner Elena Finkbeiner Jan Freiwald Jan Freiwald Stuart Fulton Arturo Hernández Amanda Lejbowicz Amanda Lejbowicz Natalie H. N. Low Natalie H. N. Low Ramon Martinez Bonnie McCay Stephen Monismith Magdalena Precoma-de la Mora Alfonso Romero Alexandra Smith Alexandra Smith Jorge Torre Leonardo Vazquez-Vera C. Brock Woodson |
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| description | Coastal ecosystems and human communities are threatened worldwide by climate change, and shocks from social, market and political change. There is an urgent global need to promote resilient food production and livelihoods in the face of these shocks. Small-scale fisheries (SSF) in rural settings can be particularly vulnerable as they frequently lack the resources, rights and infrastructure to respond to shocks originating outside the focal systems. We examined ecological and social outcomes of environmental extremes in a SSF socio-ecological system (SES) by using long-term oceanographic (between 2010-2019) and ecological (2006-2018) data tracking change in a kelp forest ecosystem of Baja California, Mexico, and concurrent documentation of proactive and reactive actions of a fishing community organized in a cooperative. Results indicate a complex landscape of ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ among species and fisheries exposed to unprecedented environmental extremes, including marine heat waves and prolonged hypoxia, and a suite of adaptive actions by the local fishing cooperative, and others in the region, that have helped confront these rapid and drastic changes. Cooperatives have established voluntary marine reserves to promote recovery of affected populations and have invested in diversification of activities enabled by access rights, collective decision-making, and participatory science programs. Results indicate that local actions can support social and ecological resilience in the face of shocks, and that enabling locally-driven adaptation pathways is critical to resilience. This case study highlights the crucial importance of strengthening and supporting rights, governance, capacity, flexibility, learning, and agency for coastal communities to respond to change and sustain their livelihoods and ecosystems in the long run. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0937bdabc4f84c048e2ab2b7d8156b4f2024-02-08T05:12:02ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Marine Science2296-77452024-02-011110.3389/fmars.2024.13221081322108Social-ecological vulnerability to environmental extremes and adaptation pathways in small-scale fisheries of the southern California CurrentFiorenza Micheli0Fiorenza Micheli1Andrea Saenz-Arroyo2Andrea Saenz-Arroyo3Emilius Aalto4Rodrigo Beas-Luna5Charles A. Boch6Charles A. Boch7Juan Camilo Cardenas8Juan Camilo Cardenas9Giulio A. De Leo10Eduardo Diaz11Antonio Espinoza-Montes12Elena Finkbeiner13Elena Finkbeiner14Jan Freiwald15Jan Freiwald16Stuart Fulton17Arturo Hernández18Amanda Lejbowicz19Amanda Lejbowicz20Natalie H. N. Low21Natalie H. N. Low22Ramon Martinez23Bonnie McCay24Stephen Monismith25Magdalena Precoma-de la Mora26Alfonso Romero27Alexandra Smith28Alexandra Smith29Jorge Torre30Leonardo Vazquez-Vera31C. Brock Woodson32Hopkins Marine Station, Oceans Department, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, United StatesStanford Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, United StatesComunidad y Biodiversidad A. C., Guaymas, Sonora, MexicoDepartamento de Conservación de la Biodiversidad, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, MexicoHopkins Marine Station, Oceans Department, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, United StatesFacultad de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, MexicoHopkins Marine Station, Oceans Department, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, United StatesMoffat & Nichol, Long Beach, CA, United StatesFacultad de Economia, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, ColombiaDepartment of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United StatesHopkins Marine Station, Oceans Department, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, United StatesComunidad y Biodiversidad A. C., Guaymas, Sonora, MexicoSociedad Cooperativa de Producción Pesquera Buzos y Pescadores, Baja California Sur, Mexico0Center for Oceans, Conservation International, Honolulu, HI, United States1Coastal Science and Policy, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States2Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States3Reef Check of California, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesComunidad y Biodiversidad A. C., Guaymas, Sonora, MexicoComunidad y Biodiversidad A. C., Guaymas, Sonora, MexicoComunidad y Biodiversidad A. C., Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico4Marine Stewardship Council, London, United KingdomHopkins Marine Station, Oceans Department, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, United States5California Academy of Science, Center for Biodiversity and Community Science, San Francisco, CA, United StatesSociedad Cooperativa de Producción Pesquera Buzos y Pescadores, Baja California Sur, Mexico6Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University, School of Environmental and Biological Science, New Brunswick, NJ, United States7Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Oceans Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United StatesComunidad y Biodiversidad A. C., Guaymas, Sonora, MexicoComunidad y Biodiversidad A. C., Guaymas, Sonora, MexicoHopkins Marine Station, Oceans Department, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, United States8Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United StatesComunidad y Biodiversidad A. C., Guaymas, Sonora, MexicoComunidad y Biodiversidad A. C., Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico9School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United StatesCoastal ecosystems and human communities are threatened worldwide by climate change, and shocks from social, market and political change. There is an urgent global need to promote resilient food production and livelihoods in the face of these shocks. Small-scale fisheries (SSF) in rural settings can be particularly vulnerable as they frequently lack the resources, rights and infrastructure to respond to shocks originating outside the focal systems. We examined ecological and social outcomes of environmental extremes in a SSF socio-ecological system (SES) by using long-term oceanographic (between 2010-2019) and ecological (2006-2018) data tracking change in a kelp forest ecosystem of Baja California, Mexico, and concurrent documentation of proactive and reactive actions of a fishing community organized in a cooperative. Results indicate a complex landscape of ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ among species and fisheries exposed to unprecedented environmental extremes, including marine heat waves and prolonged hypoxia, and a suite of adaptive actions by the local fishing cooperative, and others in the region, that have helped confront these rapid and drastic changes. Cooperatives have established voluntary marine reserves to promote recovery of affected populations and have invested in diversification of activities enabled by access rights, collective decision-making, and participatory science programs. Results indicate that local actions can support social and ecological resilience in the face of shocks, and that enabling locally-driven adaptation pathways is critical to resilience. This case study highlights the crucial importance of strengthening and supporting rights, governance, capacity, flexibility, learning, and agency for coastal communities to respond to change and sustain their livelihoods and ecosystems in the long run.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2024.1322108/fulladaptive capacityclimate adaptationco-managementfisheries sustainabilityresiliencesmall-scale fisheries |
| spellingShingle | Fiorenza Micheli Fiorenza Micheli Andrea Saenz-Arroyo Andrea Saenz-Arroyo Emilius Aalto Rodrigo Beas-Luna Charles A. Boch Charles A. Boch Juan Camilo Cardenas Juan Camilo Cardenas Giulio A. De Leo Eduardo Diaz Antonio Espinoza-Montes Elena Finkbeiner Elena Finkbeiner Jan Freiwald Jan Freiwald Stuart Fulton Arturo Hernández Amanda Lejbowicz Amanda Lejbowicz Natalie H. N. Low Natalie H. N. Low Ramon Martinez Bonnie McCay Stephen Monismith Magdalena Precoma-de la Mora Alfonso Romero Alexandra Smith Alexandra Smith Jorge Torre Leonardo Vazquez-Vera C. Brock Woodson Social-ecological vulnerability to environmental extremes and adaptation pathways in small-scale fisheries of the southern California Current Frontiers in Marine Science adaptive capacity climate adaptation co-management fisheries sustainability resilience small-scale fisheries |
| title | Social-ecological vulnerability to environmental extremes and adaptation pathways in small-scale fisheries of the southern California Current |
| title_full | Social-ecological vulnerability to environmental extremes and adaptation pathways in small-scale fisheries of the southern California Current |
| title_fullStr | Social-ecological vulnerability to environmental extremes and adaptation pathways in small-scale fisheries of the southern California Current |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social-ecological vulnerability to environmental extremes and adaptation pathways in small-scale fisheries of the southern California Current |
| title_short | Social-ecological vulnerability to environmental extremes and adaptation pathways in small-scale fisheries of the southern California Current |
| title_sort | social ecological vulnerability to environmental extremes and adaptation pathways in small scale fisheries of the southern california current |
| topic | adaptive capacity climate adaptation co-management fisheries sustainability resilience small-scale fisheries |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2024.1322108/full |
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