Cruz Modino, RaquelPiñeiro-Corbeira, CristinaGutiérrez Barroso, JosueGonzález-Cruz, CarlaBarreiro, RodolfoBatista-Medina, José AntonioPascual-Fernández, José J.González, José A.Santana-Talavera, AgustínAswani, Shankar2022-06-292022-06-292022-03-28De 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.2022.1061240964-5691http://hdl.handle.net/2183/31033[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.engAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/Marine protected areasNatural hazardsResilienceSmall-islandsSmall-scale fisheriesVolcanic eruptionjournal articleopen access