Automated content analysis of the Hawaiʻi small boat fishery

Description

Marine fisheries provide food, employment opportunities, and income for millions of people who live near the coast. Unprecedented levels of catch threaten fisheries across the globe, while demand for seafood continues to climb. Effective fisheries management could ensure reliable food supplies and mitigate adverse socio-economic impacts on regulated fishing communities. Specifying management actions – particularly the resource extraction activities (dis-)allowed – can be highly contentious, in part because biological, economic, social, and political objectives of stakeholders are often in direct conflict. Disputes over conflicting objectives are typically central to disagreements about the right way to manage the fishery, but often more complex social conflicts can also fuel disagreements. The Conflict Intervention Triangle is a framework that can be used for understanding and addressing three types of conflicts: substance, relationships, and process, where the last two are social conflicts. All three types of conflict were present in open-ended responses on a recurring National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) survey of small boat fishers. To better understand the relationship between these types of conflict, we developed a fishery-specific dictionary that can automate categorization of fishers’ responses by topic and type of conflict. The use of the automated content analysis approach provided a nuanced snapshot of the major conflicts in the Hawaiʻi small boat fishery and revealed concealed conflicts that are often ambiguous and less easy to express. We discuss the performance of the methodology used in creating and applying the dictionary to fishery datasets as well as advantages and disadvantages compared to manual content analysis.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/62698.pdf
0 This dataset includes responses to an open-ended question in an excel csv file from the 2014 Hawaii small boat fishing survey. There are 373 responses from small boat fishers offering their suggestions on how to better manage the fishery. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/62818
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/62698
0 This dataset includes responses to an open-ended question in an excel csv file from the 2007 Hawaii small boat fishing survey. There are 281 responses from small boat fishers offering their suggestions on how to better manage the fishery. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/62814
45 Responses to the question “Do you have any suggestions for how Hawaiʻi’s fisheries should be managed or topics that you feel need further study?” https://oceanwatch.pifsc.noaa.gov/xfer/PIFSC_PIRO_bulk_data_download_InPort_62698.tgz
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
45 Responses to the question “Do you have any suggestions for how Hawaiʻi’s fisheries should be managed or topics that you feel need further study?” https://oceanwatch.pifsc.noaa.gov/xfer/PIFSC_PIRO_bulk_data_download_InPort_62698.tgz
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/62698
0 This dataset includes responses to an open-ended question in an excel csv file from the 2007 Hawaii small boat fishing survey. There are 281 responses from small boat fishers offering their suggestions on how to better manage the fishery. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/62814
0 This dataset includes responses to an open-ended question in an excel csv file from the 2014 Hawaii small boat fishing survey. There are 373 responses from small boat fishers offering their suggestions on how to better manage the fishery. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/62818
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/62698.pdf

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  • mixed methods
  • pifsc socioeconomics program: human dimensions research metadata portfolio
  • human dimensions
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc
  • noaa
  • pacific islands fisheries science center
  • hawaii small boat fishery
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • national marine fisheries service
  • socioeconomics

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