Enhancing adaptive capacities in coastal communities through engaged communication research: Insights from a statewide study of shellfish co-management

McGreavy, Bridie; Randall, Sara; Quiring, Tyler; Hathaway, Carter; Hillyer, Gabrielle

doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.06.016

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“…Fishers in all communities pointed to changes in abundance and distribution as largely outcomes of fisheries management, outcomes which they see scientists over-attributing to climate change. That management substantially mediates the abundance and distribution of some climate-changing species has also been supported by past research in the area (Murray et al, 2010;McGreavy et al, 2018;Dubik et al, 2019). For example, the increase in abundance of fluke in the Mid-Atlantic, from the perspective of fishers, is largely understood as a localized stock recovery, the result of their own strenuous past efforts in complying with the stringent management framework and the continuous cuts in quotas for the species, rather than a climate-driven shift in distribution.…”

Section: Regulatory Framework Mediating Ecological Changesmentioning

confidence: 68%

Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost – Responses of Fishers’ Communities to Shifts in the Distribution and Abundance of Fish

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As species respond to warming water temperatures, fishers dependent upon such species are being compelled to make choices concerning harvest strategies. Should they “follow fish” to new fishing grounds? Should they change their mix of target species? Should they relocate their operations to new ports? We examined how fishing communities in the Northeast United States —a hotspot of recent warming—have already responded to documented shifts in the distribution and abundance of fluke, red and silver hake. We focused on groundfish trawl communities that historically targeted these species and examined their “at-sea” responses by combining qualitative interviews with quantitative analysis of fishing records and ecological surveys. Three distinct responses emerged: shifting fishing grounds, shifting target species, and shifting port of landing. Our research finds that following the fish is rare and only occurred in one of the assessed communities, the large trawler community of Beaufort, North Carolina. The more common response was a shift in target species and a change in catch composition. However, regulations and markets often constrained the ability to take advantage of a changing mix of species within fishing grounds. Indeed, the overall species diversity in catch has declined among all of our focal communities suggesting that communities have lost the ability to be flexible when it may be most needed as a response to climate change. Additionally, the high value of fluke and the need to land in southern states with higher quota allocations is likely a driver of the changing nature of “community” with increasing vessels landing outside their home port, especially when landing fluke. Our findings suggest that fidelity to historical fishing grounds combined with perceiving environmental change as non-permanent, predispose many fishers to trust in “cyclicality” and return of species over time. However, this strategy may make those communities unable or unwilling to “follow fish” more vulnerable to changes in distribution and abundance due to climate change. Our findings have the potential to directly inform resource management policies as well as more deliberate adaptations by communities themselves as they strive to address the imminent risks of climate change.

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Section: Regulatory Framework Mediating Ecological Changesmentioning

confidence: 68%

Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost – Responses of Fishers’ Communities to Shifts in the Distribution and Abundance of Fish

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“…Within literature on transdisciplinary collaboration, scholars have identified how interdisciplinary and rhetorically-informed approaches to strategic communication can produce applicable knowledge about science-based collaborations (Druschke and McGreavy, 2016;McGreavy et al, 2018;Werder et al, 2018;Ihlen, 2020). Strategic communication serves "as a transdisciplinary, holistic, and inclusive field of knowledge, " (Heide et al, 2018, p. 452) and can be understood as an umbrella term that weaves across multiple communication fields.…”

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How Does Strategic Communication Shape Transdisciplinary Collaboration? A Focus on Definitions, Audience, Expertise, and Ethical Praxis

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Transdisciplinary collaboration offers great potential for meaningfully addressing complex problems related to climate change and social inequities. Communication shapes transdisciplinary collaboration in myriad ways, and interdisciplinary and rhetorical approaches to communication can help identify these influences as well as strategies to transform inequitable communication patterns. In this paper, we share results from an engaged and ethnographic research project focused on strategic communication in a large-scale transdisciplinary collaboration to develop environmental-DNA (eDNA) science for coastal resilience. In this context, definitions of eDNA, perspectives about communication, and constructions of audience and expertise shape the ways in which collaborators co-produce knowledge across disciplines and with diverse partners. Identifying relationships among strategic communication, knowledge co-production, and power enables the development of strategic collaborative practices, including asking questions as a means to identify and negotiate differences in definitions of eDNA and using participatory methods and anti-oppressive data management platforms for ethical praxis.

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Coastal Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Sea Level Rise Adaptation Planning in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

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DeLorme

Hagen

2020

Environmental Management

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Enhancing adaptive capacities in coastal communities through engaged communication research: Insights from a statewide study of shellfish co-management

Cited by 19 publications

References 72 publications

Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost – Responses of Fishers’ Communities to Shifts in the Distribution and Abundance of Fish

Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost – Responses of Fishers’ Communities to Shifts in the Distribution and Abundance of Fish

How Does Strategic Communication Shape Transdisciplinary Collaboration? A Focus on Definitions, Audience, Expertise, and Ethical Praxis

Coastal Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Sea Level Rise Adaptation Planning in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

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