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Provedor de dados: 	5	
País: 	France	
Título: 	Local fishermen's perceptions of the usefulness of artificial reef ecosystem services in Portugal	
Autores: 	Ramos, Jorge; Lino, Pedro G.; Himes-cornell, Amber; Santos, Miguel N.	
Data: 	2019-01	
Ano: 	2019	
Palavras-chave: 	Artificial reefs; Direct use value; Stakeholders; Ecosystem services; Indirect use value; Local fishermen; Likert scales; Portugal; Perception.	
Resumo: 	Proponents of artificial reef (AR) deployment are often motivated by the usefulness of such structures. The usefulness of ARs is related to their capability of providing ecosystem services/additional functions. We present two distinct Portuguese AR case studies: (1) The Nazare reef off the central coast of Portugal and (2) the Oura reef off the Algarve coast. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with local fishermen in the fishing towns of Nazare and Quarteira pre-and post-AR deployment. The main focus of the interviews was to understand fishermen's perception of AR usefulness (or lack thereof) in terms of nine ecosystem services/additional functions potentially provided by the ARs. We tested the null hypothesis that ARs do not provide additional ecosystem services/additional functions. When queried pre-AR deployment, fishermen indicated that ARs are most likely to provide three ecosystem services: "habitat and refuge," "biodiversity preservation" and "food production." Fishermen had similar perceptions post-deployment. For the Nazare reef, fishermen tended to have a positive or neutral perception of ecosystem services/additional functions being provided by ARs. For the Oura reef, fishermen tended to have a mostly neutral perception of AR ecosystem services; however, there were also some positive and other negative perceptions. It was difficult for stakeholders to conceptualize some of the ecosystem services/additional functions provided by ARs prior to actively using them. As a result, some stakeholders changed their perception of the ecosystem services/additional functions after using the structures. These results indicate that stakeholders likely need to perceive ARs as useful in order for them to provide their support for AR installation. Likewise, their support is often needed to justify the use of public funds to install ARs, therefore making it imperative for resource managers to undertake similar interviews with fishermen when considering the use of ARs in other areas.	
Tipo: 	Text	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00479/59041/62432.pdf

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DOI:10.7717/peerj.6206

https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00479/59041/	
Editor: 	Peerj Inc	
Formato: 	application/pdf	
Fonte: 	Peerj (2167-8359) (Peerj Inc), 2019-01 , Vol. 6 , N. e6206 , P. 23p.	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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