sustainability Article Factors Influencing Small-Scale Fishers’ Individual Perceived Wellbeing Satisfaction in Southern Benin Sètondji Ben-Vital Kolawolé Kpanou 1,2,* , Houinsou Dedehouanou 1, Sylvain Kpenavoun Chogou 3 , Augustin K. N. Aoudji 2 and Thomas Dogot 2 1 Laboratoire d’Economie Rurale et de Gestion des Exploitations Agricoles, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou 01 BP 526, Benin;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +229-97-91-75-57 Abstract: In southern Benin, the rapid growth of demographics and the need for fishery products have forced public managers to adopt various management measures in the face of anti-ecological methods used by fishers; however, these strategies are often formulated independent from the context. These measures have not remained without consequence on the daily lives of fishers. This paper examines factors influencing fishers’ individual perceived wellbeing satisfaction using the social-ecological system framework. Data on 205 small-scale fishers’ demographic information, perception of job, and individual wellbeing satisfaction and governance subsystems were collected and analysed by the use of an ordered logistic regression. The results demonstrate that job satisfaction Citation: Kpanou, S.B.-V.K.; and ownership of water bodies (in contradiction to Ostrom’s advocation for commons management) Dedehouanou, H.; Chogou, S.K.; affected fishers’ individual perceived wellbeing satisfaction.