Local environmental stewardship supports resilience of social-ecological systems through a wide range of actions that benefit both environmental and human wellbeing. Stewardship actions of harvesters have been recognized as an important component in building adaptive capacity of coastal fisheries undergoing change. In Southeast Alaska, where commercial fishing plays a key role in cultures and economies, concerns for local fisheries have arisen from declines in salmon returns, high price variability, and barriers to participation, among other issues. Here, we aimed to understand existing and potential pathways for stewardship actions of small-boat commercial fishers in Juneau, Alaska. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 22 commercial fishers, agency staff, and leaders of seafood associations to document fisher-led stewardship actions and ways that small-boat commercial fishers engage formally and informally with local management, explore the role of fishery management agencies in facilitating collaboration and communication with fishers in the Juneau area, and understand local perspectives on how the stewardship capacities of the fishery system can be better supported. We found that multiple pathways for stewardship exist in commercial salmon and shellfish fisheries, including formal and informal interactions with state fishery management staff and decision-makers, participation in fishing associations and advocacy organizations, knowledge sharing among fishers, and taking personal conservation actions to care for fisheries. We identified areas of relatively low social, financial, and institutional capital that may limit the effectiveness of these stewardship actions. Our findings highlight diverse perspectives of fishery participants on how these stewardship actions might be better supported through policy, advocacy, and collaboration.

地方环境管理通过一系列有利于环境和人类福祉的行动来支持社会生态系统的恢复力。捕捞者的管理行动已被认为是建设正在发生变化的沿海渔业适应能力的重要组成部分。在阿拉斯加东南部，商业捕鱼在文化和经济中发挥着关键作用，鲑鱼回报率下降、价格波动较大以及参与障碍等问题引发了对当地渔业的担忧。在这里，我们的目的是了解阿拉斯加朱诺小船商业渔民管理行动的现有和潜在途径。我们对 22 名商业渔民、机构工作人员和海产品协会领导人进行了半结构化访谈，记录了渔民主导的管理行动以及小船商业渔民正式和非正式地与当地管理层接触的方式，探讨了渔业管理机构在促进与朱诺地区渔民的合作和沟通，并了解当地对如何更好地支持渔业系统管理能力的看法。我们发现商业性鲑鱼和贝类渔业中存在多种管理途径，包括与国家渔业管理人员和决策者的正式和非正式互动、参与渔业协会和倡导组织、渔民之间的知识共享以及采取个人保护行动来照顾用于渔业。我们确定了社会、金融和机构资本相对较低的领域，这些领域可能会限制这些管理行动的有效性。我们的研究结果凸显了渔业参与者对于如何通过政策、宣传和合作更好地支持这些管理行动的不同观点。