Mobility and flexibility enable resilience of human harvesters to environmental perturbation
Managing ecosystem services sustainably requires understanding both nature and how people respond to change. This study examined how fishers reacted to a major marine heatwave that affected the valuable Dungeness crab fishery on the U.S. West Coast. Using detailed tracking data from over 500 fishing vessels, researchers found that fishers adapted by traveling to new areas and by fishing for […]
