Social Network Structure within a Common Pool Resource System: Implications for Economic Efficiency, Adaptive Capacity, and Collective Action

disturbance to socio-ecological systems such as fisheries. When confronted with market volatility and environmental change what type of social relations enable fishers to insulate themselves from poverty traps and other undesirable social states? This study will analyze economic efficiency and the flow of information within the Gulf of California’s artisanal squid fishery using social network analysis. Relying upon the resources, relationships, and personnel provided through the SURMAR program, I will obtain catch data while soliciting demographic and relational information from participating fishermen as part of a collaborative fisheries research initiative. In addition to examining the socio-demographic dimensions of knowledge-exchange networks, I will also consider how such networks inform the ability of individuals to respond and adapt to environmentally driven changes in resource abundance.