Small but strong: Socioeconomic and ecological resilience of a small European fishing community affected by a submarine volcanic eruption
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Small but strong: Socioeconomic and ecological resilience of a small European fishing community affected by a submarine volcanic eruptionAuthor(s)
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2022-03-28Citation
De la Cruz-Modino, R., Piñeiro-Corbeira, C., Gutiérrez-Barroso, J., González-Cruz, C., Barreiro, R., Batista-Medina, J. A., Pascual-Fernández, J. J., González, J. A., Santana-Talavera, A., & Aswani, S. (2022). Small but strong: Socioeconomic and ecological resilience of a small European fishing community affected by a submarine volcanic eruption. Ocean & Coastal Management, 223, 106124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2022.106124
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[Abstract] Small-scale coastal fishing communities are facing many new challenges, such as rapid ecological changes created by anthropogenic and natural events like earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. This paper explores how a coastal population has responded to such an event and highlights the diverse coping strategies used to tackle it. This research was conducted on the island of El Hierro (Spain), where a submarine volcanic eruption occurred in 2011, affecting a multiple-use Marine Protected Area (MPA) and the nearby fishing community of La Restinga. Our study illustrates how the local population coped with this situation by combining multiple monetary and non-monetary activities (e.g., informal exchanges) as well as the role of institutions in increasing local resilience by supporting fishers' demands and allowing their participation in the decision-making process in the immediate wake of a catastrophic event. Local families also exploited various natural resources in and near the MPA, thus ensuring access to crucial marine resources and continued recreational/cultural services. The results suggest that collective action played a key role in the recovery process after the eruption, creating some advantages for different local groups despite the hazardous nature of the event.
Keywords
Marine protected areas
Natural hazards
Resilience
Small-islands
Small-scale fisheries
Volcanic eruption
Natural hazards
Resilience
Small-islands
Small-scale fisheries
Volcanic eruption
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0964-5691