User Resource Research Articles

Social Constructions of Health-Environment Risks: A Comparison of Fishing Community and Expert Perceptions of Cyanobacterial Blooms

Cyanobacterial blooms are expanding around the globe in frequency and intensity. Using cultural models to unravel local meanings, this study explores how stakeholders (fishers, aquaculturalists, and regional experts) from the Nyanza Gulf of Lake Victoria understand cyanobacterial blooms and their impact on human health. The study also examines resource user and expert perceptions of how these blooms have impacted the livelihoods of fishers and aquaculturalists, and how regional experts have responded. Semi-structured interviews (35 total; fishers and aquaculturalists [25], experts [10]) were used to describe cultural models used by different groups. Multiple perceptions of cyanobacterial blooms and their impact on human health emerged, influenced by the social locations of study participants. With the burden of environmental degradation unequally allocated because of dynamic social constructs, these findings reveal the importance of improving the flow of information between those involved in the design and implementation of policies and those impacted by them.

Women who do not migrate: Intersectionality, social relations, and participation in Western Nepal

Migration impacts left-behind populations, disrupting established norms of social interaction, participation, and inclusion. In western Nepal, labour migration is common among young men, with implications for household and community participation among those left behind, who are predominately women. In this study, we use mixed methods to examine how labour migration impacts the social inclusion of migrant households, especially, of left-behind women in community groups and activities. For our analysis, we use quantitative survey data from over 3600 households in the Karnali and Mahakali River Basins of western Nepal and qualitative data from 16 focus group discussions and 37 in-depth interviews held in the same region. Our analysis reveals substantial heterogeneity in the experiences of women and households left behind by migrants. Women’s opportunities to participate in economic systems such as natural resource user committees and non-governmental organisation trainings are moderated by intersecting identities including gender, caste/ethnicity, kinship, age, and economic status. Young women from nuclear, low caste, and poor households with limited social ties suffer from disadvantaged positions and face restricted access to spaces of participation. Accordingly, left-behind women’s opportunities to benefit from community resources remain dependent on their caste and kinship networks. These findings contribute to ongoing debates on the impacts of migration, and can help inform improved targeting of interventions to advance gender equity in rural Nepal.

Fine-Grained Data Selection for Improved Energy Efficiency of Federated Edge Learning

In Federated edge learning (FEEL), energy-constrained devices at the network edge consume significant energy when training and uploading their local machine learning models, leading to a decrease in their lifetime. This work proposes novel solutions for energy-efficient FEEL by jointly considering local training data, available computation, and communications resources, and deadline constraints of FEEL rounds to reduce energy consumption. This paper considers a system model where the edge server is equipped with multiple antennas employing beamforming techniques to communicate with the local users through orthogonal channels. Specifically, we consider a problem that aims to find the optimal user's resources, including the fine-grained selection of relevant training samples, bandwidth, transmission power, beamforming weights, and processing speed with the goal of minimizing the total energy consumption given a deadline constraint on the communication rounds of FEEL. Then, we devise tractable solutions by first proposing a novel fine-grained training algorithm that excludes less relevant training samples and effectively chooses only the samples that improve the model's performance. After that, we derive closed-form solutions, followed by a Golden-Section-based iterative algorithm to find the optimal computation and communication resources that minimize energy consumption. Experiments using MNIST and CIFAR-10 datasets demonstrate that our proposed algorithms considerably outperform the state-of-the-art solutions as energy consumption decreases by 79% for MNIST and 73% for CIFAR-10 datasets.

Expanding narratives of governance constraints to improve coral reef conservation.

To understand and address the failures of reef governance, it is critical to understand the perceptions of diverse policy makers and practitioners about the challenges they face in achieving their goals. Examining the discourse of policy makers and practitioners can reveal the extent to which these perceptions capture the full spectrum of potential governance challenges, including those related to management, institutional structures and processes, the values and principles underpinning governance, and the social and environmental context. We conducted semistructured interviews with 110 policy makers and practitioners across multiple sectors, scales, and contexts in Barbados, St Kitts and Nevis, Belize, and Honduras. We used thematic qualitative analysis informed by theories of interactive governance and governability to examine the challenges perceived by governance actors. Perceived governance challenges were broadly consistent across countries, but differed by sector (V = 0.819, F6,60 = 1.502, p = 0.01) and by level (community compared with national) (V = 0.194, F1,10 = 2.178, = 0.026). Management inputs and outputs, challenges relating to the socioeconomic context, issues of leadership and power, and stakeholder engagement were commonly cited challenges (>75%). Few respondents discussed challenges relating to the ecological context, governance processes, or the values and principles underpinning governance. We argue that examining perceptions can inform efforts to improve governance and assess the appropriateness of particular management tools under context-specific governance constraints. Furthermore, expanding the narratives of governance challenges to encompass the subtle values and images underpinning governance, and the scale of the challenges faced, can help identify a wider set of opportunities for change.

The Path of Digital Government and University Asset Intelligence Value-Added Service Driven by Block Chain Technology

At present, the government and universities mainly adopted the centralized management mode in the sharing of asset digital resources, which not only had low work efficiency, but also cannot make full use of resources. Block chain technology played an important role in enterprise asset data resource data sharing, but there was less research on asset data sharing services applied to digital government and universities. Therefore, this paper proposed the research on the path of government and university asset value-added service driven by block chain technology, in order to provide reference for improving the utilization rate of state-owned assets and better meeting the needs of users. Based on the research on the problems existing in the digital resource management of relevant government agencies and university departments at home and abroad, combined with the application advantages of block chain technology in relevant fields, this paper analyzed the composition of block chain and the application technical characteristics of value-added services. Starting from the current situation of asset data information management by the government and universities and the needs of users for resources, this paper expounded the important impact of block chain technology on digital government and university asset information management. By analyzing the elements of block chain value-added service, this paper put forward the block chain-driven asset intelligent value-added service mode. In order to track and manage users’ transaction information and meet users’ demand for resources, the application path of asset intelligent value-added service driven by block chain technology was constructed based on the asset value-added service mode, and combined with the characteristics of users’ request for resources, the implementation method of asset intelligent value-added service path was proposed. The experimental results showed that the method proposed in this paper had more advantages than the existing data sharing service system, and can effectively provide technical support for asset value-added services.

Energy Aware Resource Provisioning for Multi-Criteria Scheduling in Cloud Computing

In cloud, scheduling task requests on heterogeneous resources has proved to be a crucial research problem, particularly in terms of performance and energy consumption. The main challenge for cloud providers is to find the best tradeoff between two contradictory aims: improving user satisfaction and reducing energy consumption. Initially, to provide greater user satisfaction, the cloud computing data centers need to allocate resources according to the different users’ Quality of Service (QoS) preferences in a dynamic manner. Furthermore, to manage energy consumption on the cloud system during the execution of applications, the energy scaling decision should be made through a proper approach. In this paper, a multi-criteria scheduling algorithm based on fuzzy AHP-TOPSIS hybrid methodology is proposed to meet these requirements, which first deploys FAHP to rank and then selects the best cloud solutions according to the user’s requirements using FTOPSIS. It is then followed by effective execution of the user’s requests on available resources. Besides, an energy aware cloud resource provisioning approach based on the integration of horizontal scaling and dynamic voltage frequency scaling (DVFS) techniques is proposed to meet QoS requirements of all task requests and to manage energy consumption. The evaluation of this paper is run through different job requests while being subject to various constraints. The simulation results show that the proposed approach decreases the energy consumption and response time while enhancing both the resource utilization and user satisfaction compared with the SHARP and the BULLET algorithms in all conditions.

Environmental functions of the Teknaf Peninsula mangroves of Bangladesh to communicate the values of goods and services

Mangroves are highly productive wetland ecosystems and extremely important coastal resources providing a variety of environmental goods and services, which are vital to our socio-economic development. To evaluate the role of mangroves, a total of 75 semi-structured interviews were conducted with coastal community, resource user, government official, NGO personnel, researchers, and private entrepreneur to gather primary and secondary information. Results indicated that in the past 30 years there has been planted about 1,460 ha of euryhaline mangroves under different management regimes. Teknaf peninsula mangrove influenced two key variables viz., productivity and physical structure which direct other ecological processes. The variable ‘productivity’ provide suitable habitat for nursery, growth, migration through recycling waste and nutrients. The respondents identified 13 mangrove resource user groups in Teknaf peninsula which shows high dependency to mangroves goods. The catch of finfishes, shrimps and prawns, crabs, molluscs, etc. from the mangroves area contributes value to the small-scale fisheries. The knowledge gained from the information content of the Teknaf peninsula mangroves ecosystem contributes value to scientific and educational community. In particular, it means that environmental goods and services provided by the Teknaf peninsula mangroves are rarely produced independently and the multiple interdependencies involved in providing such environmental supports.

The Future of Nature Conservation in Amazonia: Evidence From Transboundary Protected Areas

Biological diversity has been recognized as a global asset that is key to the well-being and survival of present and future generations. In response to massive destruction of the world’s ecosystems, the international community has agreed on several initiatives, most importantly, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1992, which is the basis of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020, and the 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets. A central instrument of these initiative are protected areas. The nine Amazonian countries alone, have designated 390 million hectares of protected forest areas, some of which are under very heavy pressure. As explicitly stated in Aichi Targets 11, 17, and 18, the effective governance and management of these protected areas requires the active participation of indigenous and other local resource user groups and respect for their traditional knowledge and customary practices. This manuscript analyzes to what extent and in which way these targets have been achieved by analyzing three transboundary protected areas in Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia constituted of five national parks. The analysis shows that important progress has been made in terms of the local participation and the generation and sharing of economic benefits, mostly due to the engagement of non-governmental organization (NGOs) funded from overseas development assistance (ODA) sources. However, many of the established mechanisms show major shortcomings, such as power imbalances, lack of legitimacy of decision-makers, unclear responsibilities, unresolved logistical challenges, and the lack of financial support. In addition, the functionality of local governance structures is severely threatened by the vagaries of national policies that often put biodiversity conservation and economic development at loggerheads. In order to ensure the functionality of protected areas in the Amazon region, binding and sufficient commitments by national governments are needed for genuine and effective local governance.

Dynamic resource management under weak property rights: A tale of thieves and trespassers

We study non-renewable resource extraction when institutions weakly protect the resource owner’s property rights. First, weak wealth protection exposes the stock in the ground to trespassing. Second, weak income protection exposes revenues from extraction to theft. In our dynamic framework with strategic interactions, the strength of wealth and income protection evolves over time. The weak protection of wealth results in excessive depletion due to the common pool externality. Anticipated changes in institutional strength further distort depletion. A resource user (i.e., owner or trespasser) is less rapacious when she anticipates favorable institutional changes. However, a given change in institutional strength may be favorable for some but detrimental for another resource user. Under these conflicting interests, the anticipation of better wealth protection might result in less efficient extraction. More generally, our results indicate that unstable institutions limit the benefits derived from resource ownership and thus constitute a challenge to the efficient management of non-renewable resource riches in weakly institutionalized economies.

Urban commons in the techno-economic paradigm shift: An information and communication technology-enabled climate-resilient solutions review

The commons concept has evolved in multiple ways after the publication of Ostrom’s seminal work in 1990, which emphasized the evolution of resource management institutions and the usefulness of self-governance. As we move into the 21st century, one of the institutional transformations is catalyzed by the emergence of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as a techno-economic paradigm shift and the epochal creation of a new online social structure. However, there is a lack of understanding about the impact of ICT on common resource management, particularly in urban settings, that is urban commons. This study presents a systematic literature review of ICT-enabled urban commons with particular attention to its application to climate-related issues such as climate mitigation/adaptation in order to improve our collective ability to leverage ICT for building a more sustainable and resilient city. A total of 66 pieces of literature were included in our qualitative synthesis. We analyzed the geographical, categorical, and climate relevance. Subsequently, we used the coupled infrastructure system framework as a system thinking approach to dissect distinct usefulness of ICT-enabled commons in the building of relationships between resource system, resource user, infrastructure, and infrastructure provider to tackle climate-related issues. Our findings identified three key contributions of ICT to innovate climate-resilient solutions: 1) to redefine role of resource user as co-producer, co-designer, and co-monitor; 2) to enable real-time data-driven urban planning; 3) to improve resource efficiency and effectiveness. In other words, in a time of insufficient and limited public resources, the public sector can leverage the power of technology to harness public support and engage non-traditional stakeholders to make cities more sustainable and resilient while allowing policy-making to be big data-driven to tackle new urban problems that cannot be otherwise uncovered without the aid of ICT. The results provide directions to rethink the city based on collective action to diversity modes to govern common resources.

The war against sustainable development theory: Public interest as the ethical order for the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals

AbstractThe concept of environmentally sustainable development (ESD) has its origins in 1987, with the publication of the World Commission on Environment and Development’s (WCED) landmark report, Our Common Future. Drawing on earlier research I have done, I re‐evaluate the ongoing challenges ESD faces as a theory of development given fractious debates about development from opposing interests. My original research identified a substantial divide in support for a WCED‐styled theory of sustainable development and, alternatively, for that promulgated by business‐as‐usual economic growth advocates. I showed that the developmental changes advocated by the WCED would be vigorously opposed or resisted by vested interests. Some 30 years later, opposition and resistance continue. The purpose of this commentary is to examine aspects of this divide with regard to prospects for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. I aim to discuss prospects for implementing the SDGs by that year because the goals provide a context and potential measure of how sustainable development will fare as a theory. Three questions are posed to examine different attitudes to economic, social, and environmental policy fields. Thereafter, I conclude that environmental foundations of development address the agency of polluter pays, resource user pays, precautionary principle, and environmental standards regulation; economic foundations address economic growth, productivity, and competitiveness; and social foundations address social inclusion via human rights. I argue that all need to be systematically integrated into policy making for development to be sustainable; this means making the environmental foundations of sustainable development operational by incorporating them in the decision centres of business strategy and public policy. Measuring performance to address SDGs provides a sound place to start operationalising this integration process.

Теміржол көлігі кәсіпорындарының қоршаған ортаға әсерін экологиялық-экономикалық талдау: («Қазақстан темір жолы» ҰК »АҚ филиалы-«Магистральдық желі дирекциясы мысалында)

The impact of rail transport on the environment is one of the major problems in the Republic of Kazakhstan. It is well known that railway transport causes enormous harm to the environment, destroying natural relief during the construction of railways, pollution of water and air objects also creates physical pollution for people, and the operation of wagons and the transport of hazardous substances can lead to a high degree of pollution and land degradation. This study was aimed at identifying the ecological and economic problems of railway transport in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan. For the analysis, materials and data on environmental protection were collected. The results showed that reducing the impact on the environment was achieved through measures of environmental legislation. This concerned the reduction of the use of liquid and solid fuels, the equipping of emission sources with the necessary purification equipment, the reconstruction of environmental protection facilities, and the development of regulatory and environmental documentation. Based on this, it is shown that the use of environmental technologies for practical purposes can ensure the effective functioning and operation of a natural resource user enterprise from an environmental and economic point of view.

Physiotherapists' perspective of telehealth during the Covid-19 pandemic

BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a rapid and expansive roll out of telehealth applications as a mode of intervention delivery. The effectiveness of this model of care is currently unclear. ObjectiveA cross-sectional observational study evaluating the Irish physiotherapist’s experience of telehealth. MethodIrish Physiotherapists completed an online survey, distributed by the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists (ISCP), exploring considerations and barriers to commencing telehealth, advantages and disadvantages to telehealth, overall experience of telehealth, and their opinion on the future of telehealth. A descriptive approach and conceptual content analysis were used to analysis the data to derive determinants for the continuation of telehealth. ResultsIn total, 205 physiotherapists completed the survey. Seventy-eight per cent were female. Participant's mean age range was 36 to 45 years with 17 years of physiotherapy experience. Eighty-three per cent had no experience with telehealth pre COVID-19. Considerations to commencing telehealth included service user's suitability, adequate technical and organisational resources, physiotherapist's professional conduct, physiotherapist's skills and COVID-19 restrictions. No outstanding barrier to telehealth was identified. Respondents identify that telehealth offered a reduction in travel time for the service user (82%), offer flexibility in the delivery of physiotherapy (81%) and avoid contact with a potential COVID-19 spreader (92%). The limited scope of the physical examination (86%) via telehealth is the significant disadvantage. Telehealth is considered a temporary stop-gap during the COVID-19 pandemic by forty per cent of physiotherapists while sixty per cent consider telehealth as a sustainable alternative mode of health care delivery. ConclusionAt present, health care providers have not universally accepted telehealth as a mode of health care delivery. Our study’s findings identify key areas to address to encourage acceptance.

Economic and environmental consequences' of postharvest loss across food supply Chain in the developing countries

Reducing Food losses and waste (FLW) is a key global challenge to ensure sufficient food for the future and to use available natural resources more efficiently. This study based on the primary data collected from 343 tomato supply chain actors' in Egypt. We adopted the life cycle assessment approach and the category method (C-Method) to estimate the percentage of postharvest losses (PHL) and their economic and environmental impacts. The result revealed the average percentage of PHL is ‏13.36%, 7.5%, 8.6%, 8.8% and 11.63%‏ for the ‏‏ ‏farmers, processors, village traders', wholesalers and retailers respectively. The total land and water used to produce this lost food estimated around 80 thousand hectares and 306 million cubic meters, besides the other production inputs. Which cost the Egyptian economy about 449$ million annually and emits 4.5 million tons of CO2eq. The study highlights the importance of prevention strategies is better than recovering ones to mitigate the economic and environmental impacts of FLW. Additionally, diversity of the marketing channels for perishables could contribute to lessen the percentage of PHL through reducing unsold share, meet the consumers’ preferences and providing greater marketing opportunities for small farmers. This study suggests the intervention of mitigation PHL should include the different actors from the farmers to retailers. Adopting a short supply chain, collective marketing, access to cold transportation and storage services, that could maintain product quality and extending its shelf-life. Agricultural education is essential for disseminating the best agricultural practices including the postharvest operations for perishable products. Therefore, design sustainable intervention strategies require intensive public-private partnership and it should include incentives for small stakeholders. That could raise their knowledge, improve their skills and practices, and change their attitudes to be more sustainable users for the limited natural resources.

Coexistence Praxis: The Role of Resource Managers in Wolf-Livestock Interactions on Federal Lands

In resource management, new terms are frequently introduced, reflecting ongoing evolution in the theory and practice of ecology and governance. Yet understandings of what new concepts mean, for whom, and what they imply for management on the ground can vary widely. Coexistence—a prominent concept within the literature and practices around human-wildlife conflict and predator management—is one such term: widely invoked and yet poorly defined. While for some coexistence is the latest paradigm in improving human-wildlife relations, the concept remains debated and indeed even hotly contested by others—particularly on the multiple-use public lands of the American West, where gray wolf conservation, livestock production, and the claims of diverse stakeholders share space.The multiple meanings of coexistence present serious challenges for conservation practice, as what the concept implies or requires can be contested by those most central to its implementation. In this study we examine wolf-livestock management—a classic case of human-wildlife conflict—by focusing on the experiences and perspectives of U.S. Forest Service (USFS) managers. We reviewed coexistence's multivalence in the literature, complementing semi-structured interviews conducted with USFS employees on case study forests from across the western states. Through this, we highlight the complexity and multi-dimensionality of the concept, and the unique yet under-explored perspective that resource managers bring to these debates.This work draws on insights from political ecology to emphasize the situatedness of manager practice—taking place within a broader set of relations and contextual pressures—while extending political ecologists' traditional focus on the resource user to a concern with the resource manager as a key actor in environmental conflicts. Through our engagement with the experiences and perceptions of USFS managers, who must balance conservation aims with long-established land uses like livestock grazing, we hope to clarify the various dimensions of coexistence. Our hope is that this work thus increases the possibility for empathy and collaboration among managers and stakeholders engaged in this complex socio-ecological challenge.

Stand Characteristics and Perceptions of Local Communities on the Management of Pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) Forests in an Unstable Region of Afghanistan

ABSTRACT Pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) forests support livelihoods in communities within Afghanistan’s Pistachio Belt, a region characterized by extreme poverty and chronic insecurity. In this study, we used ecological data, as well as survey data to characterize standing attributes and resource user perceptions about local pistachio forests and their management. The survey questionnaire was verbally administered to 507 household representatives in remote communities that were chosen from eight districts in northern and northwestern Afghanistan based on accessibility and their location within the Pistachio Belt. Stand density and tree form varied widely between sites and as a function of elevation. Partial harvesting for fuelwood collection was positively correlated with stand density. The survey data also showed that pistachio forests support a variety of livelihood activities among respondents and their households. However, suboptimal nut collection timing and use of damaging nut harvesting methods were widespread with little effort to accommodate natural regeneration. Forest users typically recognized the degraded condition of the pistachio forest and the negative impacts of grazing and fuelwood collection on forest density. Respondents also recognized the impacts of nut collection practices, fuelwood collection, and grazing on forest regeneration status. These results suggest that efforts to sustainably manage pistachio forests must recognize considerable variation within and between communities regarding forest physical condition, accustomed uses by associated communities, and existing or potential mechanisms regulating forest uses. All of these necessitate context-specific forest management planning. We discuss challenges inherent to collecting baseline data needed for planning multiple-use community-based natural resources management in highly insecure environments.

THE ISLAMIC BASIC-VALUES OF SUSTAINABILITY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES IN PASURUAN EAST JAVA

This study aims to analyze the Islamic basic-values of sustainability in water resource management in Sumberrejo Village, Purwosari Sub-district, Pasuruan Regency, East Java, Indonesia. It was designed as a case study. The research subjects were the village officials, water resource managers, and water resource user communities. The data were collected through active participation, interview, observation, and documentation. In the data interpretation stage, this research employed the descriptive analysis method. The results showed that the Islamic basic-valuesof sustainability carried out by the people of Sumberrejo Village were that water management was a form of worship or obedience to Allah, gratefulness, fair distribution, balance (mizan), and care.

Environmental Change and Livelihood Activities in Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands of Yobe State, North East Nigeria

The Hadejia-Nguru wetlands is an extensive area of flood plains located in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of north east Nigeria. The population rely heavily on natural resources for their livelihoods. In recent years, climatic vagaries, increasing populations and unregulated livelihood activities have significantly affected water and other resources availability and communities are faced with constant struggle of survival under a declining resource base. This study assessed the adverse effects of environmental change on resource users and how this influences their livelihood options. Understanding the perceptions, knowledge and practices of local resource users and what shapes their livelihood options is an area of critical importance that is currently under-researched in the area. This paper argues that to effectively influence policy and practice that support sustainable use of natural resources, it is important to not only understand resource user's knowledge and choices about their changing environment but how they utilize this knowledge in their actions and the overall impact on the environment. Mixed methods consisting of semi-structured questionnaire and Focus Group Discussions (FGD) based on two Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) tools (Village Timeline and Contextual Change) were utilized to solicit primary data. Environmental change in the area is accelerated by human activities and people have developed several local mechanisms of adapting to change. These adaptive measures could further be explored for developing policies and programs aimed at tackling the challenges of environmental change and resource decline.

“Entanglement” and the Exploitation of Common Pool Resources: A Quantum Solution to the Prisoner’s Dilemma

The overexploitation of common pool resources is frequently associated with open access regimes in which each resource user operates independently of all other resource users. The outcome is a Nash equilibrium of the prisoner’s dilemma. Restricted access regimes of the sort identified by Ostrom and colleagues typically ensure that individual resource users do not operate independently. Taking a quantum approach to the theory of games, we argue that the institutional arrangements involved in common pool resource management imply the “entanglement” of the strategies of resource users. For a very simple case — two firms exploiting a common pool fishery — we show that there exists an “entanglement” mechanism that assures the cooperative outcome.

A socio-ecological system perspective on trade interactions within artisanal fisheries in coastal Kenya

Assessments of coastal artisanal fisheries are progressively adopting a social-ecological system (SES) approach as an effective means to accumulate knowledge and integrate findings on different aspects of the fisheries. Ostrom’s SES framework was used to guide assessment of interactions between and within the harvesting and supply-chain processes and the effect of external drivers, seasonal monsoons and tourism, on both processes in a coastal artisanal fishery system in Gazi Bay, Kenya. Specific analyses focused on seasonal catch composition, key resource user groups involved in the fish trade and the resource units traded by each user group. The snowball method was used to identify key resource user groups within the fishery sector, who were then interviewed using semi-structured questionnaires (n = 60). Additionally, existing annual shore-based catch assessment and monthly fish landings data for the years 2014 and 2015 were incorporated for analysis of artisanal catch properties (species composition and weight). Comparison of seasonal catch composition was carried out using sample-based rarefaction curves. Higher fish landings and higher species diversity were recorded during the North-East Monsoon season. Further, a simple fish harvesting-supply network comprising of six key resource user groups (i.e. hotels, fish processing companies, dealers, small-scale fish processors (mama karanga), fish mongers and fishers) was outlined. The tourism industry, through hotels, creates a high demand for fish coinciding with a higher catchability and supply during the calm North-East Monsoon season and consequently, dealers hire migrant fishermen to target pelagic fish. Evidence of interactions within and between different fishery sub-systems, as well as the effect of monsoon seasons and tourism on the exploitation and market dynamics of the multispecies fishery, highlight the need for comprehensive management plans to strengthen self-organization among resource users and to increase adaptive capacity within the fishery system.