Correlates and Consequences of Public Knowledge Concerning Ocean Fisheries Management
Correlates and Consequences of Public Knowledge Concerning Ocean Fisheries Management
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海洋渔业管理公众知识的关联性和后果
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2005
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V. Fomenko
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B. Steel;N. Lovrich;D. Lach;V. Fomenko
由于日常公民和非专家利益相关者直接或间接参与海洋健康恢复计划，并从事可能使渔业处于危险之中的活动，因此了解他们的政策相关知识的范围和深度是很重要的。通过对3000多名太平洋西北地区美国公民的邮件调查，我们调查了沿海和海洋政策相关知识的水平，与更高水平的政策相关知识相关的信息来源，以及太平洋渔业恢复知识和支持之间的关系。我们发现，了解海洋状况的公民最支持海洋和沿海保护;具有一定可塑性的情境因素是知识的重要预测因素;一些信息来源比其他来源更直接地与知识联系在一起。这项研究的结论是，公众知识是支持海洋和沿海管理的一个关键组成部分，有有效的手段来提高公众知识。
Abstract Because everyday citizens and nonexpert stakeholders are either directly or indirectly involved in ocean health restoration plans and engage in activities that may place fisheries at risk, it is important to understand the scope and depth of their policy-relevant knowledge. Using a mail survey of more than 3000 Pacific Northwest U.S. citizens, we investigated levels of coastal and ocean policy-relevant knowledge, information sources associated with higher levels of policy-relevant knowledge, and relationships between knowledge and support for Pacific fisheries restoration. We found that citizens knowledgeable about ocean conditions were most supportive of ocean and coastal protection; that somewhat malleable situational factors are important predictors of knowledge; and that some sources of information are more directly connected to knowledge than others. This study concludes that public knowledge is a critical component of support for ocean and coastal management and that there are effective means for enhancing public knowledge.