TY - JOUR
T1 - Between uncertainty and hope
T2 - Young leaders as agents of change in sustainable small-scale fisheries
AU - Espinoza-Tenorio, Alejandro
AU - Ehuan-Noh, Romana Gabriela
AU - Cuevas-Gómez, Gabriela Alejandra
AU - Narchi, Nemer E.
AU - Ramos-Muñoz, Dora Elia
AU - Fernández-Rivera Melo, Francisco J.
AU - Saldívar-Moreno, Antonio
AU - Zepeda-Domínguez, José Alberto
AU - Pérez-Jiménez, Juan Carlos
AU - Oliveto-Andrade, Alma
AU - Torre, Jorge
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - The path to sustainable small-scale fisheries (SSF) is based on multiple learning processes that must transcend generational changes. To understand young leaders from communities with sustainable SSF management practices in Mexico, we used in-depth interviews to identify their shared motivations and perceptions for accepting their fishing heritage. These possible future decision-makers act as agents of change due to their organizational and technological abilities. However, young people are currently at a crossroads. Many inherited a passion for the sea and want to improve and diversify the fishing sector, yet young leaders do not want to accept a legacy of complicated socioenvironmental conditions that can limit their futures. These future leaders are especially concerned by the uncertainty caused by climate change. If fishing and generational change are not valued in planning processes, the continuity of fisheries, the success of conservation actions, and the lifestyles of young fishers will remain uncertain. Graphical abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
AB - The path to sustainable small-scale fisheries (SSF) is based on multiple learning processes that must transcend generational changes. To understand young leaders from communities with sustainable SSF management practices in Mexico, we used in-depth interviews to identify their shared motivations and perceptions for accepting their fishing heritage. These possible future decision-makers act as agents of change due to their organizational and technological abilities. However, young people are currently at a crossroads. Many inherited a passion for the sea and want to improve and diversify the fishing sector, yet young leaders do not want to accept a legacy of complicated socioenvironmental conditions that can limit their futures. These future leaders are especially concerned by the uncertainty caused by climate change. If fishing and generational change are not valued in planning processes, the continuity of fisheries, the success of conservation actions, and the lifestyles of young fishers will remain uncertain. Graphical abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
KW - Future
KW - Influential youth
KW - Leadership
KW - Social learning
KW - Social network
KW - Sustainability process
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85118454631&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s13280-021-01639-2
DO - 10.1007/s13280-021-01639-2
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 34727363
AN - SCOPUS:85118454631
SN - 0044-7447
VL - 51
SP - 1287
EP - 1301
JO - Ambio
JF - Ambio
IS - 5
ER -