Between uncertainty and hope: Young leaders as agents of change in sustainable small-scale fisheries
Periodo de realización: 1900/01/01 al 2021/01/01
Tipo: Artículo científico
Lugar(es) de estudio: México
Resumen: "The path to sustainable small-scale fisheries (SSF)
is based on multiple learning processes that must transcend
generational changes. To understand young leaders from
communities with sustainable SSF management practices in
Mexico, we used in-depth interviews to identify their shared
motivations and perceptions for accepting their fishing
heritage. These possible future decision-makers act as
agents of change due to their organizational and
technological abilities. However, young people are currently
at a crossroads. Many inherited a passion for the sea and want
to improve and diversify the fishing sector, yet young leaders
do not want to accept a legacy of complicated
socioenvironmental conditions that can limit their futures.
These future leaders are especially concerned by the
uncertainty caused by climate change. If fishing and
generational change are not valued in planning processes,
the continuity of fisheries, the success of conservation actions,
and the lifestyles of young fishers will remain uncertain."