Livelihoods in transition across the Gulf of Mexico: A three case study approach

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dc.contributor.advisorYoskowitz, David
dc.contributor.advisorMcLaughlin, Richard
dc.contributor.authorLozada, Coral
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMaresh-Fuehrer, Michelle
dc.contributor.committeeMemberStunz, Greg
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-06T20:51:27Z
dc.date.available2022-12-06T20:51:27Z
dc.date.issued2022-07-07
dc.descriptionA dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Coastal and Marine System Science from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, Texas.en_US
dc.description.abstractLivelihood transitions within coastal communities can result from biophysical changes to the environment that people make a living from, or from policies that affect an individual’s or community’s way of life. Using the socio-ecological framework, these transitions, and the adaptions that fishers in coastal communities have employed were analyzed for adaptive co-management potential. The hypothesis is that coastal communities that have policies that allow for adaptive co-management to occur have an increased capacity to positively adapt to a transitioning livelihood. A mixed methods convergent design was created for three case studies, where semi-structured interviews were conducted in select communities, followed by content analysis of relevant fishing policies. The Yucatan Case Study studied small-scale fishers across two coastal towns, Sisal and San Felipe. The Texas Case Study examined the Gulf shrimp fishery fleet in Palacios and Port Isabel/Port Brownsville. The last case study focused on content analysis of Cuban fishing and tourism policies. In each case study themes emerged from inductive coding of interviews that created typologies that were then paired with the findings of the content analysis, or policies from each case study. The convergence and divergence analysis were then used to produce adaptive co-management recommendations within the communities. This approach allowed a deeper synthesis and thus an understanding of the dissonance that exists when livelihood change occurs.en_US
dc.description.collegeCollege of Science and Engineeringen_US
dc.description.departmentLife Sciencesen_US
dc.format.extent295 pagesen_US
dc.identifier1969.6/1139
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/94533
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectGulf of Mexicoen_US
dc.subjecttransitionen_US
dc.titleLivelihoods in transition across the Gulf of Mexico: A three case study approachen_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dc.type.genreDissertation
dc.type.genreDissertationen_US
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thesis.degree.disciplineCoastal and Marine System Science Programen_US
thesis.degree.grantorTexas A & M University--Corpus Christi
thesis.degree.grantorTexas A & M University--Corpus Christien_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US

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