Pandemic-driven changes in the nearshore non-commercial fishery in Hawai’i: catch photos posted to social media capture changes in fisher behavior

PeerJ

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Timothy Grabowski¹  Michelle E. Benedum²  Andrew Curley³  Cole Dill-De Sa⁴  Michelle Shuey⁵ 

[1] U.S. Geological Survey, Hawai’i Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, University of Hawaii at Hilo;Political Science, University of Colorado at Boulder;Anthropology Department, University of Hawaii at Hilo;Earth Systems Program, Stanford University;Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Hawaii at Hilo

关键词: Nearshore fishery;    COVID-19;    Behavioral sciences;    Natural resource management;    Fisheries management;    Marine management;    Social media;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.14994

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

Using social media, we collect evidence for how nearshore fisheries are impacted by the global COVID-19 pandemic in Hawai’i. We later confirm our social media findings and obtain a more complete understanding of the changes in nearshore non-commercial fisheries in Hawai’i through a more conventional approach—speaking directly with fishers. Resource users posted photographs to social media nearly three times as often during the pandemic with nearly double the number of fishes pictured per post. Individuals who fished for subsistence were more likely to increase the amount of time spent fishing and relied more on their catch for food security. Furthermore, individuals fishing exclusively for subsistence were more likely to fish for different species during the pandemic than individuals fishing recreationally. Traditional data collection methods are resource-intensive and this study shows that during times of rapid changes, be it ecological or societal, social media can more quickly identify how near shore marine resource use adapts. As climate change threatens additional economic and societal disturbances, it will be necessary for resource managers to collect reliable data efficiently to better target monitoring and management efforts.

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