U.S. Geological Survey, Hawai'i Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, Hawai'i, United States.
Political Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States.
PeerJ. 2023 Mar 28;11:e14994. doi: 10.7717/peerj.14994. eCollection 2023.
Using social media, we collect evidence for how nearshore fisheries are impacted by the global COVID-19 pandemic in Hawai'i. We later confirm our social media findings and obtain a more complete understanding of the changes in nearshore non-commercial fisheries in Hawai'i through a more conventional approach-speaking directly with fishers. Resource users posted photographs to social media nearly three times as often during the pandemic with nearly double the number of fishes pictured per post. Individuals who fished for subsistence were more likely to increase the amount of time spent fishing and relied more on their catch for food security. Furthermore, individuals fishing exclusively for subsistence were more likely to fish for different species during the pandemic than individuals fishing recreationally. Traditional data collection methods are resource-intensive and this study shows that during times of rapid changes, be it ecological or societal, social media can more quickly identify how near shore marine resource use adapts. As climate change threatens additional economic and societal disturbances, it will be necessary for resource managers to collect reliable data efficiently to better target monitoring and management efforts.
利用社交媒体，我们收集了有关夏威夷近岸渔业受全球 COVID-19 大流行影响的证据。随后，我们通过更传统的方法——直接与渔民交谈，证实了我们在社交媒体上的发现，并更全面地了解了夏威夷近岸非商业性渔业的变化。在大流行期间，资源使用者在社交媒体上发布的照片几乎增加了两倍，每张照片上的鱼类数量也几乎增加了一倍。以谋生为目的捕鱼的人更有可能增加捕鱼时间，并更多地依靠捕捞的鱼类来保障食品安全。此外，与娱乐性捕鱼者相比，专门以谋生为目的捕鱼者在大流行期间更有可能捕捞不同的物种。传统的数据收集方法需要大量资源，本研究表明，在快速变化时期，无论是生态变化还是社会变化，社交媒体都可以更快地识别近岸海洋资源利用的适应方式。随着气候变化威胁到更多的经济和社会动荡，资源管理者有必要高效地收集可靠数据，以便更好地将监测和管理工作作为目标。
