Cruzan fisheries : a rapid assessment of the historical, social, cultural and economic processes that shaped coastal communities' dependence and engagement in fishing in the isl...

This study contributes to the description of fishing communities in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands and an understanding of their levels of engagement and dependence on fishery resources. It discusses how homesteading and gentrification limited fishing communities' access to the shore, transforming them from placed-based communities to network-based communities. In addition, the manuscript describes how declining stocks, government regulations, user conflicts and habitat degradation are threatening the livelihoods of fishermen

Title : Cruzan fisheries : a rapid assessment of the historical, social, cultural and economic processes that shaped coastal communities' dependence and engagement in fishing in the island of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

Personal Author(s) : Valdes Pizzini, Manuel, 1954-;Agar, Juan J.;Kitner, Kathi;Garci-Quijano, Carlos;Tust, Michael;Forrestal, Francesca;

Corporate Authors(s) : United States, National Marine Fisheries Service;Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.);United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,;Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.);

Published Date : 2010

Series : NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-SEFSC ; 597

URL : https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/552