Abstract Investigating people’s levels of subjective vulnerability to change can help elucidate important aspects of adaptive capacity to impacts. This is particularly relevant in coastal communities with high exposure to natural disasters, such as those in the Caribbean region, especially given projections of increased frequency and severity of storms as a consequence of climate change. In this study, Puerto Rican fishers’ perceptions of the effects of climate change on their fishing activity were compared before and after two major hurricanes severely impacted the island in the fall of 2017. Data was collected through the use of surveys conducted in 12 different fishing communities in Puerto Rico at two different time periods: pre-storms (August 2016 – January 2017) (N = 212) and post-storms (May – June 2018) (N = 75). Results show that fishers demonstrated higher concern in the post-storms period for climate change in general as well as for other environmental changes attributed to climate change, particularly the impacts of storms and increased air temperature. Our analyses also investigate factors influencing fishers’ concerns about climate change. Comparisons between fishers’ perceptions in the pre- and post-storms periods allow for an increased understanding of the impacts of extreme events on fishers’ subjective vulnerability to climate change and other environmental transformations. These changes in perception are likely to influence fishers’ future adaptative behavior and they provide opportunities for the implementation of collaborative strategies to increase awareness of climate change impacts and develop strategies to maximize climate change resilience in fishing communities.

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自然灾害对气候变化主观脆弱性的影响：厄玛和玛丽亚飓风过后波多黎各渔民的看法研究

摘要 调查人们对变化的主观脆弱性水平可以帮助阐明对影响的适应能力的重要方面。这对于容易遭受自然灾害的沿海社区尤其重要，例如加勒比地区的社区，特别是考虑到气候变化导致风暴频率和严重程度增加的预测。在这项研究中，波多黎各渔民对气候变化对其捕鱼活动影响的看法在 2017 年秋季两次主要飓风对该岛造成严重影响之前和之后进行了比较。 数据是通过使用对 12 种不同捕鱼活动进行的调查收集的两个不同时间段的波多黎各社区：风暴前（2016 年 8 月至 2017 年 1 月）（N = 212）和风暴后（2018 年 5 月至 6 月）（N = 75）。结果表明，在风暴后时期，渔民对气候变化以及气候变化引起的其他环境变化表现出更高的关注，特别是风暴和气温升高的影响。我们的分析还调查了影响渔民对气候变化担忧的因素。对风暴前后渔民的看法进行比较，可以加深对极端事件对渔民对气候变化和其他环境变化的主观脆弱性的影响的理解。