Understanding Artisanal Fishers’ Behaviors: The Case of Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia

摘要: We investigate the ecological impact caused by fishing grounds and gear/methods used fishers in Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta (CGSM), an estuarine lagoon located on Caribbean coast of Colombia. To do so, we build individual composite sustainable indicators based opinions a group experienced scientists. Additionally, use those to examine influence socioeconomic perceptional factors fishers’ behaviors how may be affecting CGSM fishery resources. Our results suggest that scientists differ their about CGSM. found having higher level education, sharing household expenses with other family members spending more hours lead ecologically-sustainable behavior, while perception government is responsible for conservation leads ecologically unsustainable behavior.