RT Book, Section
T1 Marginality and Resilience Strategies in Coastal Fishing Villages During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the State of Yucatan, Mexico
A1 Crespo Guerrero, José Manuel
A1 Jiménez Pelcastre, Araceli
K1 Geografía económica
AB At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities around the world implemented measures to reduce peoples’ mobility and to therefore reduce infections. Not all economic activities could take place remotely, however. In Mexico, the pandemic situation significantly affected fishing, despite its being declared an “essential” activity: reduced production and lower prices resulted from the inability to fish during confinement and the slowdown of international trade. This investigation focuses on the Mexican state of Yucatan, due to its being the largest producer of octopus and grouper and the third largest producer of lobster in the country (species of medium–high and high economic value and demand throughout the international marketplace). After the corresponding bibliographic review, the compilation of testimonies (between 2020 and 2021) and the analysis of information, the results reveal different strategies carried out by the coastal fishermen of Yucatan to face the adverse conditions created by the global health emergency and they demonstrate the important role of individual, family, and community resilience in the contexts of marginalisation.
PB Springer
SN 978-3-031-11139-6
YR 2022
FD 2022-10-04
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29006
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29006
LA eng
NO Crespo Guerrero, J.M., Jiménez Pelcastre, A. (2022). Marginality and Resilience Strategies in Coastal Fishing Villages During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the State of Yucatan, Mexico. In: Fuerst-Bjeliš, B., Nel, E., Pelc, S. (eds) COVID-19 and Marginalisation of People and Places. Perspectives on Geographical Marginality, vol 7. Springer, Cham.
NO Copyright de los autores
NO This chapter is the result of the Program of Support for Technological Research and Innovation Projects (PAPIIT) of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), which financed the project: “Territorial Organization of Commercial Coastal Fishing Activities in the Protected Natural Areas of the State of Yucatan, Mexico” from 2019 to 2021.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026