Representation of a cultural management pattern according to the cultural policy of the reduction of illegal fishing in the coastal band of Hormozgan province

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Shrimp illegal fishing has caused many damages to the more than three thousand fishermen in Hormozgan Province and also the persons who are active indirectly in the production, package, and export industries of this aquatic organism. The purpose of the present study was to represent a cultural management pattern according to the cultural policy of the reduction of illegal fishing in the coastal band of Hormozgan province. The used method for the study was descriptive-analytical. Statistic society were consisted of fisheries experts of Hormozgan province. The method of data collection was based on a questionnaire as well as the study of documentation and researches. The results of the study of main criterions showed that "management and schematization with the weight of 0.277 was the most important "criterion and ″cultural issues″, ″notification″, ″training″, ″communion″ and ″legislation″ with the weights of 0.218, 0.161, 0.142, 0.109 and 0.092 were in second to sixth grades, respectively. Investigation of secondary criterions showed that ″management of illegal fishermen″ with the weight of 0.1213 was in the first grade of importance and ″codify of laws″ with the weight of 0.0153 was less important. According to the obtained information of this study, a cultural management pattern of the reduction of illegal fishing was represented that could be used as a base for fisheries managers for the more accurate management of illegal fishing in Hormozgan province.  

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