摘要：Understanding how social resilience influences resource users' responses to policy change is important for ensuringthe sustainability of social–ecological systems and resource-dependent communities. We use the conceptualization andoperationalization of social resilience proposed by Marshall and Marshall (2007) to investigate how resilience level influencedcommercial fishers' perceptions about and adaptation to the 2004 rezoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. We conductedface-to-face interviews with 114 commercial and charter fishers to measure their social resilience level and their responses andadaptation strategies to the 2004 zoning plan. Fishers with higher resilience were more likely to believe that the zoning planwas necessary, more likely to be supportive of the plan, and more likely to have adapted their fishing business and fishing activityto the plan than were fishers with lower social resilience. High-resilience fishers were also less likely to perceive negativeimpacts of the plan on their fishing business, less likely to have negative attitudes toward the consultation process used to developand implement the plan, and less likely to have applied for financial compensation under the structural adjustment program.Results confirm the utility of the social resilience construct for identifying fishers who are likely to be vulnerable to changes,and those who are struggling to cope with change events. We conclude that managing for social resilience in the GBR wouldaid in the design and implementation of policies that minimize the impacts on resource users and lead to more inclusive andsustainable management, but that further research is necessary to better understand social resilience, how it can be fostered andsustained, and how it can be effectively incorporated into management
关键词：commercial fishing; Great Barrier Reef; marine protected area zoning; social resilience
