Satisfaction with fishing and the desire to leave

Sean Pascoe, Toni Cannard, Eddie Jebreen, Catherine Dichmont, Jacki SCHIRMER

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Abstract

Predicting who may leave a fishery is an important consideration when designing capacity reduction programs to enhance both ecological and economic sustainability. In this paper, the relationship between satisfaction and the desire to exit a fishery is examined for the Queensland East Coast Trawl fishery. Income from fishing, and changes in income over the last 5 years, were key factors affecting overall satisfaction. Relative income per se was not a significant factor, counter to most satisfaction studies. Continuing a family tradition of fishing and, for one group, pride in being a fisher was found to be significant. Satisfaction with fishing overall and the challenge of fishing were found to be the primary drivers of the desire to stay or leave the fishery. Surprisingly, public perceptions of fishing, trust in management and perceptions of equity in resource allocation did not significantly affect overall satisfaction or the desire to exit the fishery.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)401-411
Number of pages11
JournalAmbio
Volume44
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

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