Work Package 3a Social Components ECOST model - job satisfaction + - Maarten Bavinck (November 12, 2007) [Fokke and Sukke sympathize. Fokke: “No fish left in the oceans in 2048…” Sukke: “…Just when there will be plenty of sea water”]

Points of departure Input of 3 variables into ECOST model: Food security Human well-being Gender Choice for ‘job satisfaction’ as best alternative Commissioning of 5 pilot studies on job satisfaction

CountryPilotPaper MARE Conf. Comments Nicaragua Lobster Dominican Rep. Sm-sc fishi Guinee Bissau + marketing Senegal Sm-sc fishi India* + marketing * Not officially included in ECOST Job Satisfaction Pilot studies

Progress since Nov 2006 Pilot studies on harvesting carried out in: Nicaragua: lobster fishing metiers Dominican Republic: small-scale fishing Guinee-Bissau: small-scale fishing Senegal: small-scale fishing India: trawler (shrimp) and small-scale longliners (pelagics) Small pilots on marketing metiers also done Benefits: Instruction material developed Methodology tested First attempts at analysis

Achievements (cont.) MARE conference panel with 6 papers (incl Richard Pollnac – Thailand) – 5-7 July 2007 Policy Day July 4, 2007: Social dimensions of Marine Protected Areas Analysis of statistical material job satisfaction (with assistance Richard Pollnac) First steps special issue

Example metier: shrimp trawling in India

Method: Translated job satisfaction questionnaire into Tamil (and, for cross checking purposes, back to English) Training of Dutch and Indian students (1 day) Interviews in harbour area (3 days) Data analysis > tables

Conclusions from pilot study: Job satisfaction survey works, Provided interviewers are trained well, And there is a good prior knowledge of the fishery. Advantage: possibility of standardized comparison Danger: loss of culturally distinct understandings

Challenges for coming period: 1.Transfer of experience pilots to case studies Answer: ‘training’ during DR conference 2.How to input results job satisfaction into Ecost model? Answer: discussion during DR conference 3. How to dynamize job satisfaction model? Answer: discussion during DR conference 4.Realize special issue job satisfaction

The End [Fish-less 2048 “Drowning has never been so lonely!”]