How fishers attribute blame for marine ecosystem degradation: developing a social relational approach to conflict in capture fisheries

Cepić, Dražen and Ančić, Branko and Škacan, Mislav (2026) How fishers attribute blame for marine ecosystem degradation: developing a social relational approach to conflict in capture fisheries. Ecology and society, 31 (1). pp. 1-11. ISSN 1708-3087

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Abstract

IN ENGLISH: Although fisheries resources are under significant pressure from various fisheries stakeholders, we explore how fishers perceive responsibility for excessive, irresponsible, or harmful exploitation of marine resources. This is analyzed using survey data of fishers’ perceptions of illegalities and harmful impacts of their own and other fishing fleets and segments. Relations between competing fleets and segments are observed through the intergroup blame attribution model. The results confirmed both hypotheses: that fishers tend to attribute less blame to their own group (ingroup) and more to others (outgroups), exhibiting ingroup favoritism when attributing blame (H1); and that blame attribution increases with structural distance between fishing fleets (H2). The methodological approach includes a two-step procedure based on Kruskal-Wallis test, ordinal logistic regression, and Spearman's rank-order correlation, conducted on a sample of 567 respondents active in small-scale and large-scale commercial fishing, recreational fishing, and subsistence fishing, in Croatia. ------------- IN CROATIAN: S obzirom da su ribolovni resursi pod značajnim pritiskom različitih dionika u ribarstvu, u ovom radu istražujemo kako ribari percipiraju odgovornost za prekomjernu, neodgovornu ili štetnu eksploataciju morskih resursa. To se analizira pomoću anketnih podataka o percepcijama ribara o nezakonitostima i štetnim učincima vlastitih i drugih ribolovnih flota i segmenata. Odnosi između konkurentskih flota i segmenata promatraju se kroz model međugrupne atribucije krivnje. Rezultati potvrđuju obje hipoteze: da ribari imaju tendenciju pripisivati manju krivnju vlastitoj skupini, a veću drugima, pokazujući pritom sklonost favoriziranju vlastite skupine pri atribuciji krivnje (H1); te da atribucija krivnje raste s povećanjem strukturne udaljenosti između ribolovnih flota (H2). Metodološki pristup uključuje dvostupanjski postupak temeljen na Kruskal-Wallisovu testu, ordinalnoj logističkoj regresiji i Spearmanovoj korelaciji rangova, proveden na uzorku od 567 ispitanika aktivnih u malom i velikom gospodarskom ribolovu, rekreacijskom ribolovu i ribolovu za vlastite potrebe u Hrvatskoj.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Language; English. - Title in Croatian: Kako ribari pripisuju krivnju za degradaciju morskih ekosustava: razvoj socijalno-relacijskog pristupa sukobima u gospodarskom ribarstvu. - Article number: 36.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Blame attribution, fisheries, conflict, social relational approach, illegalities, in-group favoritism (atribucija krivnje, ribarstvo, socijalni konflikti, socijalno-relacijski pristup, nezakonitosti, favoriziranje vlastite skupine)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Depositing User:	Karolina
Date Deposited:	17 Nov 2021 08:20
Last Modified:	17 Mar 2026 08:24
URI:	http://idiprints.knjiznica.idi.hr/id/eprint/969

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