Artisanal fishers in small island developing states and their perception of environmental change: the case study of Mauritius.

Chandani Appadoo, Riad Sultan, Monique Simier, Verena Tandrayen-Ragoobur, Manuela Capello

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Article in Reviews in fish biology and fisheries, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Chandani AppadooDepartment of Biosciences and Ocean Studies and Pole of Research Excellence Sustainable Marine Biodiversity, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius, Réduit, Mauritius.ORCID 0000-0002-4381-8238

Riad SultanDepartment of Economics and Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Mauritius, Réduit, Mauritius.ORCID 0000-0003-2927-1288

Monique SimierMARBEC, University of Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Sète, France.ORCID 0000-0002-8436-5925

Verena Tandrayen-RagooburDepartment of Economics and Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Mauritius, Réduit, Mauritius.ORCID 0000-0002-8977-754X

Manuela CapelloMARBEC, University of Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Sète, France.ORCID 0000-0002-9206-011X

University of Mauritius · MUCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FR

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Abstract

Small island developing states (SIDS) are highly dependent on coastal marine resources. Artisanal fishers in SIDS currently face multiple stressors related to global environmental change. Considering Mauritius (South Western Indian Ocean) as a case study, this paper characterizes artisanal fishers in SIDS and assesses their perception of global change using the Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) approach. A semi-structured survey method was used to interview 247 fishers from all around the country. Artisanal fishers used multiple fishing areas and gears, with half of the fishers using Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs). Six main groups of fishers were identified according to their fishing strategies, which reflected different target species in their reported catches. The majority of fishers reported lower fish abundances and fewer species now compared to 10 to 15 years ago. All groups of fishers observed environmental change over the same period. Such ecological knowledge highlights the exposure of fishers to stressors induced by environmental change. The characterization of the groups of fishers and their fishing strategies will be useful to better evaluate adaptation strategies and support management measures to face global environmental change. Graphical Abstract: Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11160-022-09735-6.

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Climate changeFishing strategiesIndian OceanLocal ecological knowledgeSmall scale fishers

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DOI10.1007/s11160-022-09735-6

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