From Reef to Table: Social and Ecological Factors Affecting Coral Reef Fisheries, Artisanal Seafood Supply Chains, and Seafood Security
From Reef to Table: Social and Ecological Factors Affecting Coral Reef Fisheries, Artisanal Seafood Supply Chains, and Seafood Security
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从珊瑚礁到餐桌：影响珊瑚礁渔业、手工海鲜供应链和海鲜安全的社会和生态因素
作者：
John N. Kittinger;L. Teneva;Haruko Koike;K. Stamoulis;Daniela S Kittinger;K. Oleson;E. Conklin;Mahana Gomes;Bart A. Wilcox;A. Friedlander
海洋和沿海生态系统为世界各地的社区提供重要的渔业、沿海保护和文化利益，但由于地方和全球的威胁，这些服务正在减少。作为回应，以地点为基础的战略使社区和资源使用者参与管理的情况激增。在这里，我们提出了一个可转移的社区为基础的方法来评估社会和生态因素影响资源的可持续性和粮食安全的小规模，珊瑚礁渔业。我们的研究结果表明，这种小规模的渔业为社区提供了大规模的利益，包括每年7，353 ± 1547公斤的海产品（平均值±标准误），相当于30，000多顿饭，经济价值为78，432美元。绝大多数捕获物用于维持生计，为社区粮食安全做出了贡献：58%被保留，33.5%被赠送，8.5%被出售。我们的空间分析评估了渔业（渔业的“食物棚”）社区受益者的地理分布，我们记录了从渔业采购的20%的海产品用于社会文化活动，这对社会凝聚力很重要。这种方法提供了一种评估小规模粮食系统提供的社会、经济和文化价值的方法，以及对粮食安全的重要贡献，对保护和管理具有重大意义。这种跨学科的努力旨在展示一种可转移的参与式研究方法，对资源依赖型社区有用，因为他们科普社会经济，文化和环境变化。
Ocean and coastal ecosystems provide critical fisheries, coastal protection, and cultural benefits to communities worldwide, but these services are diminishing due to local and global threats. In response, place-based strategies involve communities and resource users in management have proliferated. Here, we present a transferable community-based approach to assess the social and ecological factors affecting resource sustainability and food security in a small-scale, coral reef fishery. Our results show that this small-scale fishery provides large-scale benefits to communities, including 7,353 ± 1547 kg yr-1 (mean ± SE) of seafood per year, equating to >30,000 meals with an economic value of $78,432. The vast majority of the catch is used for subsistence, contributing to community food security: 58% is kept, 33.5% is given away, and 8.5% is sold. Our spatial analysis assesses the geographic distribution of community beneficiaries from the fishery (the “food shed” for the fishery), and we document that 20% of seafood procured from the fishery is used for sociocultural events that are important for social cohesion. This approach provides a method for assessing social, economic, and cultural values provided by small-scale food systems, as well as important contributions to food security, with significant implications for conservation and management. This interdisciplinary effort aims to demonstrate a transferable participatory research approach useful for resource-dependent communities as they cope with socioeconomic, cultural, and environmental change.