Understanding local community attitudes toward wildlife and their environment is critical for making sensitive conservation planning and management decisions particularly for conservation-neglected species like Tachypleus gigas. A questionnaire-based interview was carried out on 388 local households from 12 different villages in Balasore, Odisha, between September 2018 and February 2019, which uses a theoretical mapping on attitudes toward horseshoe crabs. We found that 53% of interviewees accepted the presence of horseshoe crabs in their area, 27% have oppressive attitudes, and the remaining 20% were having mixed feelings. Most respondents (>60%) considered horseshoe crabs to bring tangible benefits such as esthetic, monetary, and cultural significance. However, a handful of respondents expressed oppressive attitudes because horseshoe crabs damage their fishing nets (<20%). Both principal component and stepwise analyses revealed that age, gender, and education were demographic components that closely relate local community perceptions toward the conservation-neglected horseshoe crabs that remain threatened by by-catch. We encourage socioeconomic monitoring particularly during rapid economic and infrastructure development to minimize knowledge erosion and to appreciate local ecological knowledge for better conservation management in India.

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印度东北海岸人们对马蹄蟹生存认知的提取

了解当地社区对野生动物及其环境的态度对于制定敏感的保护规划和管理决策至关重要，尤其是对于像 Tachypleus gigas 这样被忽视保护的物种。2018 年 9 月至 2019 年 2 月期间，对来自奥里萨邦巴拉索雷 12 个不同村庄的 388 户当地家庭进行了基于问卷的访谈，该访谈使用了对马蹄蟹态度的理论映射。我们发现，53% 的受访者接受了他们所在地区有鲎的存在，27% 的人有压抑的态度，其余 20% 的人心情复杂。大多数受访者 (>60%) 认为马蹄蟹带来了有形的好处，例如美学、金钱和文化意义。然而，少数受访者表达了压抑的态度，因为马蹄蟹会损坏他们的渔网（<20%）。主成分分析和逐步分析都表明，年龄、性别和教育是人口统计学成分，它们与当地社区对仍然受到副渔获物威胁的被忽视保护的鲎的看法密切相关。我们鼓励社会经济监测，特别是在经济和基础设施快速发展期间，以最大程度地减少知识流失，并了解当地生态知识，以改善印度的保护管理。教育是人口组成部分，与当地社区对仍然受到副渔获物威胁的被忽视保护的鲎的看法密切相关。我们鼓励社会经济监测，特别是在经济和基础设施快速发展期间，以最大程度地减少知识流失，并了解当地生态知识，以改善印度的保护管理。教育是人口组成部分，与当地社区对仍然受到副渔获物威胁的被忽视保护的鲎的看法密切相关。我们鼓励社会经济监测，特别是在经济和基础设施快速发展期间，以最大程度地减少知识流失，并了解当地生态知识，以改善印度的保护管理。