Hawaiʻi Fishing Communities’ Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity: An Exploratory Framework for Future Studies
November 22, 2022
We propose a framework that could be useful to select candidate communities from the main Hawaiian Islands for future qualitative research on the vulnerability of fishing communities to climate change.
Our analysis identifies a preliminary list of candidate communities for qualitative data collection. These should be evaluated further in consultation with key informants such as subject matter experts, local knowledge and community leaders, and resource managers. This consultation process may also inform the development of data collection tools that will elicit discussions of climate change vulnerability that are meaningful to the communities themselves.
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Iwane M, Hospital J. 2022. Hawai'i fishing communities' vulnerability to climate change: Climate vulnerable species and adaptive capacity. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA-TM-NMFS-PIFSC-136, 34 p. https://doi.org/10.25923/4vvb-pv29.