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Protecting Resources through Communication and Compliance

Protecting Resources through Communication and Compliance. Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. Kirsten Leong. 2017 PIFSC External Review: Economics and Human Dimensions July 31, 2017. Protecting Fish Stocks. Primary Tool: Fishing Regulations

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Protecting Resources through Communication and Compliance

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  1. Protecting Resources through Communication and Compliance • Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Kirsten Leong 2017 PIFSC External Review: Economics and Human Dimensions July 31, 2017

  2. Protecting Fish Stocks • Primary Tool: Fishing Regulations (e.g., gear restrictions, closures, catch limits), only effective if followed • Rely on: • Education/outreach • Observers • Reporting • Enforcement

  3. Compliance with Regulations • 165th Council (2016) recommended the FEP Objectives include “Promote Compliance” • Understand factors that result in non-compliance • Develop ways to increase compliance with fishing regulations • Ensure regulations written and implemented to be easy to follow • Objective 4 in Draft Fisheries Ecosystem Plans

  4. Protected Species Management

  5. Past PIFSC Research • Hawaii Longline Fishermen’s Experiences with the Observer Program (2007) • Observer program has led to better estimates of interactions between longline fishing and species at risk • Concerns were with the overall program as a form of enforcement • Lack of trust in monitoring • Lack of adequate reimbursement • Variation by ethnic group

  6. Past PIFSC Research • Fisher perceptions and interactions with protected species (2015) • Cetaceans (false killer whale) • Fishers may not be able to accurately id species • Fishers try to avoid interactions and communicate with each other when cetaceans are present • Monk seals • Interactions are rare • Protection  habituation • Protection  feeding • Fear of prosecution/closure • Monk seal as symbol

  7. Current Efforts • Consultation based on communication work with NPS on human-wildlife interactions • Toxoplasmosis and At-large Cat Technical Working Group • False killer whale recovery planning • Editing monk seal, sea turtle, spinner dolphin outreach materials • Fishing around seals and turtles steering committee

  8. Building Capacity • Science of Science Communication • Risk Communication • Behavior Change • Science of Compliance • Behavior Change • Conservation Criminology

  9. Science of Science Communication • Myths of Science Communication: • The information deficit model is effective (if we just gave people the facts, they would think/behave like us) • You need to “dumb down” the science to communicate effectively • It is straightforward to create communication messages that result in widespread behavior change

  10. Science of Science Communication • Aligning Goals with Communication Approach • Education = Awareness and Knowledge • Persuasion = Beliefs and Attitudes • Risk Communication = Informed judgments about risks to health, safety, and the environment • Social Marketing = Pro-environmental behaviors • Common theme: Requires understanding how people seek and process information, identify trusted sources, perceive risks and benefits

  11. Science of Science Communication • Reduce mortality of oceanic whitetip sharks • M.S. student project (FY18 start) • Knowledge, attitudes, practice of fishers • Social network analysis • Funded by National Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program, as part of a shark tagging proposal

  12. Science of Science Communication • Risk perceptions and sources of seafood

  13. Science of Science Communication • In partnership with National Park Service, developing interdisciplinary grant proposals to create communication strategies for managing human-wildlife interactions Regulatory Sign Behavior-Based Messaging Photos courtesy Katie Abrams

  14. Science of Compliance • Overlap with science of science communication • Focus on behavior • Emerging field of Conservation Criminology • Borrows from law enforcement • New techniques for collecting data about sensitive topics

  15. Science of Compliance (FY 18 Start) • Objectives: • Identify the range of compliance issues in the region by management type and priority. • Identify and plan pilot project to address an issue that represents the most frequent type of compliance issue. • High priority for Council • Represents compliance category with multiple needs for the region • Politically and logistically feasible

  16. Discussion • Many conservation education and outreach efforts are actually intended to result in behavior change • Communication and Compliance are very specialized applied social science disciplines • This type of social science does not compete well in most established funding streams • Interest and support from PIRO and Council

  17. Theme II Discussion • PIFSC Human Dimensions Research • Fishing Community Profiles • Community Social Vulnerability Indicators • Western Pacific Socioeconomic Monitoring and Capacity Building • Protecting Resources through Communication and Compliance

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