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Fishers - strategies and choices: feasibility study
This social research publication explores what influences the decision making of Scottish fishers. It presents findings from twelve interviews with fishers. The main findings are focused on the social, economic, governance, and environmental drivers in fishers’ decision making.
Annex 7: Research papers that informed this study
| Project Title | Geographic location | Vessel size | Gear type | Type of study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adaptation strategies of small-scale fisheries within changing market and regulatory conditions in the EU | England | Under 10 m | All | Literature review and focus groups |
| Italy | All | All | Literature review | |
| Balancing ecology, economy and culture in fisheries policy: Participatory research in the Western Mediterranean demersal fisheries management plan | Western Mediterranean | All | Demersal trawl | Questionnaire and multi-stakeholder workshop |
| Being able is not necessarily being willing: governance implications of social, policy, and science-related factors influencing uptake of selective gear | Netherlands | All | Mainly demersal trawls | Interviews and an online survey |
| Exploring concepts of fisheries ‘dependency’ and ‘community’ in Scotland | Scotland | All | All | Interviews and participant observation |
| Fishing against the odds: fishers’ motivations to carry on fishing in the wake of the hindering EU Common Fishery Policy—a case study in North Shields, UK | England | All | All | Interviews and field observations |
| Fishing for Space: Fine-Scale Multi-Sector Maritime Activities Influence Fisher Location Choice | English Channel | All | Scallop dredger | Data modelling |
| Governing the Governance: Small-Scale Fisheries in Europe with Focus on the Baltic Sea | Baltic Sea | All | All | Desk-based studies |
| How Is Fisheries Management Perceived by Croatian Small-Scale Fishers: Should I Stay or Should I Go? | Croatia | Under 12 m | Passive fishing gears | National survey |
| Identifying choke species challenges for an individual demersal trawler in the North Sea, lessons from conversations and data analysis | North Sea | Over 24 m | Demersal trawl | Meetings and interviews |
| Integrating individual trip planning in energy efficiency – Building decision tree models for Danish fisheries | Denmark | Over 15 m | All | National survey |
| Progress in designing and delivering effective fishing industry–science data collection in the UK | UK | All | All | Literature review and online survey |
| Remote electronic monitoring and the landing obligation – some insights into fishers’ and fishery inspectors’ opinions | Denmark | All | Mainly trawl | Questionnaire and fisher interviews |
| Scepticism and perceived self-efficacy influence fishers’ low risk perceptions of climate change | England | Under 10 m | Bottom trawls, static nets or pots | Fisher interviews |
| Over 10 m | Beam trawl or scallop gear | Fisher interviews | ||
| Short-term choice behaviour in a mixed fishery: investigating métier selection in the Danish gillnet fishery | Denmark | All | Gill net | Survey questionnaire |
| Social networks and fishers’ behavior: exploring the links between information flow and fishing success in the Northumberland lobster fishery | England | Under 12 m | Potting | Fisher interviews |
| Socio-economic and institutional incentives influencing fishers' behaviour in relation to fishing practices and discard | Denmark | 10–18 m | Nephrops trawl | Fisher interviews |
| Greece | over 16 m | Otter trawl | Fisher interviews | |
| England | Mainly under 10 m | Trawl | Fisher interviews | |
| Socio-economic, technological and environmental drivers of spatio-temporal changes in fishing pressure | England | Under 12 m | Potting | Desk-based studies and fisher interviews |
| Technical and tactical measures to reduce unwanted catches in mixed fisheries: Do the opinions of Irish fishers align with management advice? | Ireland | All | Demersal gear | Fisher interviews |
| Territoriality as a Driver of Fishers' Spatial Behavior in the Northumberland Lobster Fishery | England | Under 12 m | Potting | Fisher interviews |
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