摘要：Historical data describing changing social-ecological interactions in marine systems can help guide small-scalefisheries management efforts. Fisheries landings data are often the primary source for historical reconstructions of fisheries;however, we argue that reliance on data of a single type and/or from a single scale can lead to potentially misleading conclusions.For example, a narrow focus on aggregate landings statistics can mask processes and trends occurring at local scales, as well asthe complex social changes that result from and precipitate marine ecosystem change. Moreover, in the case of many small-scale fisheries, landings statistics are often incomplete and/or inaccurate. We draw on case study research in Mozambique thatcombines national landings statistics and career history interviews with fish harvesters to generate a multi-scale historicalreconstruction that describes social-ecological interactions within the coastal Mozambican fishery. At the national level, ouranalysis points toward trends of fishing intensification and decline in targeted species, and it highlights the significant impactof small-scale fisheries on marine stocks. At the local level, fishers are experiencing changes in fish abundance and distribution,as well as in their physical, social, and cultural environments, and have responded by increasing their fishing effort. We concludewith a discussion of the governance implications of our methodological approach and findings
