title: The consequences of landscape change on fishing strategies.
abstract: We show how land-use change can affect fisher-harvesting behavior. We test whether fisher harvesting behavior can be predicted by landscape change patterns at local (~200km) and regional (~1200km) levels. Our data suggest that fishers harvesting in areas near tree plantations reduced benthic-invertebrate harvests in favor of demersal and pelagic finfish that are usually located further offshore. Fishers' management areas, which were near tree plantations, had higher chlorophyll-a values, and contained shellfish with more endobionts. Technology (owning a boat) and experience (age, years fishing, and alternative livelihoods) explained little in fisher-harvesting behavior. The flagship Chilean fisheries management program and seafood companies sourcing from these areas will need to respond to these new challenges. Despite complexities in designing cross-scale, social-ecological studies, we can no longer ignore the interconnectedness of commodities in the biosphere.
authors.affiliation: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere Program, Stockholm 104-05, Sweden; Stockholm University, Stockholm Resilience Center, Stockholm 114-19, Sweden. Electronic address: tracy.vanholt@kva.se.
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Van Holt
authors.affiliation: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere Program, Stockholm 104-05, Sweden; Stockholm University, Stockholm Resilience Center, Stockholm 114-19, Sweden.
authors.forename: Beatrice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Crona
authors.affiliation: University of Florida, Anthropology, Gainesville, FL 32611, United States.
authors.forename: Jeffrey C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES), Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gelcich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002677:Chile; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods*; D017753:Ecosystem; D005398:Fisheries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005399:Fishes; D006801:Humans; D012758:Shellfish; D012767:Ships
keywords: Adaptive management; Biosphere; Coast; Ecosystem management; Fisheries; Land-sea interactions; Land-use change; Plantations