We estimate physical health, mental health, and healthcare access conditions and behaviours among fishing industry participants from a public health survey in the United States. Human well-being is an increasingly important consideration in ecosystem models and fishery management. We use a standardized public health survey, the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, to estimate health-related aspects of well-being in fishing industry participants (including harvest, processing, and wholesaling sectors) in Washington state and compare to reference populations. We find that physical and mental health outcomes and healthcare access among fishing industry participants are broadly similar to other populations. However, fishing industry participants are more frequently affected by conditions that limit activity and tend to engage in potentially unhealthy behaviour at higher rates. Our work fills a gap on health-related well-being outcomes in the human dimensions of fisheries and demonstrates the role that public health surveys can play in the study of well-being in fishing communities.

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使用行为危险因素监视调查（BRFSS）测量捕捞行业参与者和捕捞社区的健康状况和行为

我们根据美国的一项公共健康调查，估计捕鱼业参与者的身体健康，心理健康以及医疗保健获取条件和行为。在生态系统模型和渔业管理中，人类福祉日益重要。我们使用标准化的公共卫生调查（行为风险因素监视系统）来估计华盛顿州捕捞业参与者（包括捕捞，加工和批发行业）的健康相关健康状况，并将其与参考人群进行比较。我们发现，捕鱼业参与者的身心健康成果和医疗保健机会与其他人群大致相似。然而，捕鱼业参与者更容易受到限制活动的条件的影响，并倾向于以更高的比率从事潜在的不健康行为。我们的工作填补了渔业在人文方面与健康相关的福祉成果方面的空白，并证明了公共卫生调查在捕鱼社区福祉研究中可以发挥的作用。