Climate change is impacting fisheries globally, posing both risks and opportunities to those dependent on marine resources. Understanding how fishers perceive climate change, and what factors shape these perceptions, can provide insights into behavioural intentions and support required for climate change focused strategies and management. This study interviewed demersal fishers from a south-west UK fishing port to explore: 1) the future risks fishers identified that may affect their business and wider industry; 2) fishers’ beliefs and risk perceptions relating to climate change; and 3) the factors influencing these perceptions. Fishers identified a number of environmental, socio-economic and fisheries governance risks but climate change was rarely mentioned. While fishers overall had low risk perceptions of climate change, these perceptions were heterogeneous across the sample. Climate change scepticism and a high perceived self-efficacy to adapt to climate change were associated with lower risk perceptions. These findings provide new insights into how fishers perceive climate change and, importantly, greater understanding of the possible drivers of such perceptions. Findings suggest that undertaking climate-awareness raising initiatives in isolation to support adaptation strategies could be limited in success. Instead, wider focus should be applied to removing barriers to adaptation, managing wider risks and incorporating fishers into decision making to effectively support and motivate fishers’ adaptation.

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怀疑主义和自我效能感影响渔民对气候变化的低风险认知


气候变化正在影响全球渔业，给依赖海洋资源的人们带来风险和机遇。了解渔民如何看待气候变化以及哪些因素影响了这些看法，可以深入了解以气候变化为重点的战略和管理所需的行为意图和支持。本研究采访了英国西南部渔港的底层渔民，以探讨：1）渔民发现的可能影响其业务和更广泛行业的未来风险； 2) 渔民对气候变化的信念和风险认知； 3）影响这些看法的因素。渔民们指出了许多环境、社会经济和渔业治理风险，但很少提及气候变化。虽然渔民总体上对气候变化的风险认知较低，但样本中的这些认知存在差异。气候变化怀疑论和适应气候变化的高自我效能感与较低的风险认知相关。这些发现为渔民如何看待气候变化提供了新的见解，更重要的是，可以更好地了解这种看法的可能驱动因素。研究结果表明，孤立地采取提高气候意识的举措来支持适应战略的成功可能有限。相反，应更加广泛地关注消除适应障碍、管理更广泛的风险以及让渔民参与决策，以有效支持和激励渔民适应。