Finally, Pollnac et al. (1998) and Pollnac and Poggie (2006) attribute reduced perceptions of risk among fishermen to a personality type that can be characterized as being active,adventurous, aggressive, and courageous. Here, this cluster of personality traits is referred to as Personality Type 1,which is manifested at different levels among fishermen. They cite numerous ethnographic examples wherein fishermen are noted as having these characteristics. They argue that the occupation of fishing selects for these personality characteristics; whereby fishermen not possessing these characteristics will be less likely to be satisfied with their occupation and will either drop out of fishing or be less succesful,using other methods (e.g., the psychological defense mechanisms, personality characteristics and/or drugs as cited above) to cope with the stress. This is not to say that Personality Type 1 fishermen do not use these other coping techniques, they simply need to use them less frequently, and when they do, they are more effective. Hence, over time—everything else being equal—the proportion of fishermen possessing these characteristics will increase (Pollnac and Poggie 2006). They support their contention by demonstrating,once again in a quantitative analysis of job satisfaction,that fishermen like the thrill of the hunt, the challenge of facing the power and expanse of the sea, and the overall adventure of pitting oneself against the elements and finding fish as manifested by a dimension of job satisfaction that is not usually found in other occupations—a self-actualization component including “adventure” and “challenge” that has repeatedly emerged in such studies (see Pollnac et al. 2001; Binkley 1995; Gatewood and McCay 1990; Pollnac and Poggie 1988; Apostle et al. 1985).