Along Thailand’s coasts, 250,000 artisanal fishing villages rely on fishing to survive. The Thai Sea Watch Association (TSWA) represents local fishermen and the challenges they face due to decreasing fish stocks. This project explored their experiences in the fishing industry and how the Thai public interacts with information online. Key findings included that fishermen are most concerned with immediate threats to being able to catch fish, and the Thai public interact with Facebook and Twitter the most. These findings were used to recommend that the TSWA focuses activism and education on issues that the fishermen themselves are interested in and invests more resources into creating engaging social media content to better amplify their voices to the rest of Thailand.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Chow, Christopher
• Wolfgang, Hannah
• Shemesh, Nathan

Subject

• Environment
• Learning
• Culture
• Community
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 90701
• E-project-030223-210318

Keyword

• sustainability
• social media
• artisanal fishing
• Thai fishing industry
• traditional fishing
• overfishing

Advisor

• Taylor, Steven S.
• Taylor, Rosemary

Year

• 2023

Center

• Bangkok, Thailand Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Piya Thedyam, Thai Sea Watch Association

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 10 - Reducing Inequality
• 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
• 14 - Life Below Water
• 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Date created

• 2023-03-02

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-030223-210318

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-05-03