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Social Vulnerability of The Fishing Community to Restrictive Public Policies: Case Study Gulf of Ulloa, Mexico

Version 1 : Received: 6 July 2022 / Approved: 14 July 2022 / Online: 14 July 2022 (04:08:32 CEST)

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Salinas-Zavala, C.A.; Morales-Zárate, M.V.; Diaz-Santana-Iturrios, B.; Sánchez-Brito, I. Social Vulnerability of the Fishing Community to Restrictive Public Policies: Case Study the Gulf of Ulloa, Mexico. Sustainability 2022, 14, 13916. Salinas-Zavala, C.A.; Morales-Zárate, M.V.; Diaz-Santana-Iturrios, B.; Sánchez-Brito, I. Social Vulnerability of the Fishing Community to Restrictive Public Policies: Case Study the Gulf of Ulloa, Mexico. Sustainability 2022, 14, 13916.

Abstract

The social vulnerability approach (SV) has set up that social inequalities and disadvantages have gone beyond monetary poverty in the last years, since the process is built at different scales. In its objectives, the SV multidimensional measurement is contemplated as a priority tool to monitor the compliance of the first goal – eliminate poverty in all its forms. Therefore, the objective of this research is to calculate the SV of the fishing communities of the Gulf of Ulloa (GU), Mexico by macro-markers to subsequently contrast them with field micro-data, and finally perform a behavior scenario, considering the current public policies restrictive to fishing in such areas. The results showed significant differences depending on the type of information used, obtaining a contingency coefficient of 83.42%, which indicates that the calculus depends strongly on the data used and suggesting that macro-data may be masking the true SV values in the area, in such a way they could be severely underestimated. Even though the context at micro-scale is not the only one, SV should be calculated to analyze the fishing communities since coastal fishery represents almost the total livelihood of the inhabitants. Nevertheless, these communities confront numerous local and global threats, and these pressures on SV put their livelihoods, well-being, food security and traditional lifestyle at risk. Therefore, the role of researching human dimensions and governance is not only basic but also urgent to turn to sustainable socioeconomic management.

Keywords

Social vulnerability; Public policies in coastal fisheries; Gulf of Ulloa

Subject

Social Sciences, Sociology

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