Keynote speakers

Dr. Ingrid van Putten (Tasmania)

Predicting recreational fisher behaviour in a changing world: What we need to know for successful management interventions

Recreational fishing is an important cultural, social, and economic activity all over the world. However, effective management of this activity is notoriously difficult. In a changing social and biophysical world there will no doubt be a growing need to overcome increasingly complex management obstacles. For one, fishers have diverse motivations, and, in a changing world, behavioural incentives have to account for uncertainty in fishers’ behavioural responses. In particular with respect to compliance behaviour, to develop successful interventions the deliberateness and intention of the behaviour in combination with behavioural drivers such as social norms, morals, and legitimacy have to be understood. In this talk I will outline the relationship between behavioural drivers and predicting compliance responses which will contribute to the success of behavioural interventions and incentives. Alongside traditional approaches, I will highlight the usefulness of alternative compliance tools, such as nudges, to modify illegal behaviour.

Ingrid van Putten is a senior researcher and team leader at CSIRO (Hobart, Australia). She holds an adjunct position at the Centre for Marine Socioecology (University of Tasmania). As an economist with an interest in behaviour, she tries to understand why marine resource users behave the way they do, and to find tractable ways to influence behaviour and reduce risks. She has a strong interest in interdisciplinary science and one of her key research areas is adaptation to climate change. Ingrid works in many places across the globe with the ultimate aim of improving the management and long-term viability of coupled marine social-ecological systems.