Volume 65
Modelling Fishers’ Activity as a Response to Weather and Economy: First Step Towards Building Adaptive Capacity under a Changing Climate
Authors
Chollett, I., S. Canty, S. Box, and P.J. Mumby Download PDF Open PDF in BrowserOther Information
Date: November, 2012
Pages: 59 - 60
Event: Proceedings of the Sixty-Fifth Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
City: Santa Marta
Country: Colombia
Abstract
Here we use novel methods to assess the effects of both weather and economical aspects on artisanal fishing activity. The uniqueness of this research include the spatially-explicit quantification of wave exposure (which restricts fishing access) and the use of a novel modelling approach (MaxtEnt, a presence-only model) due to the occurrence of unreliable zeros in our dataset, a common problem in fisheries data. We apply the model in Honduras, where weather seemed to be particularly relevant in shaping fishing activity.