How the integration of fishers’ perception on environment in a multinomial probit model gives an example of green economies in small-scale fisheries

Abstract

The objectives of this study are to examine both the significance of fishers’ perceptions regarding environmental degradation into their adoption of new behavior and how perceptions themselves are influenced by environmental perception and production. The study is based on data from 200 fishers in the north-east of Madagascar. The paper analyzes the effects of environmental variables and fishers’ perception on the way how they exploit fisheries resources in a multinomial probit model.