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Shifting baseline syndrome in the fishing community of Barcelona: insights from scientific and local ecological knowledge

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The escalating human-driven pressures, such as coastal development, climate change, and overfishing, have led to habitat degradation and declines in marine resource abundance. These impacts pose significant threats to the livelihoods of coastal communities, particularly in the Mediterranean Sea. In situations where stock assessment data is scarce, fishers’ ecological knowledge (FEK) has proven valuable for understanding the ecological status of marine resources and their historical transformations. However, FEK can be affected by memory bias, reducing its reliability, a phenomenon known as the

Source: Ecology and Society

DOI: 10.5751/es-16215-300240

Authors: Edoardo Zelli, Océane Legatelois, Laura Calvet-Mir, Irene Iniesta-Arandia, Sara Miñarro

Institutions: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, University of Waikato, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Institut Metròpoli, EURECAT Centre Tecnològic de Catalunya

Language: English

Topic: Marine and fisheries research

Subfield: Global and Planetary Change

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Life below water, Life on land

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $975