This attachment to the occupation is also found among small-scale fishermen in developing country contexts. For example, Pollnac et al. (2001) have reported a similar reluctance to change occupation among Southeast Asian fishermen. They cite numerous alternative income project failures and present evidence indicating that, contrary to the expectation of fisheries managers, fishermen are not likely to be interested in alternative employment. They point out that fishermen interviewed in the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam like their occupation so much that only a minority would change to another occupation, with similar income, if it were available (Pollnac et al. 2001, 541). Further evidence that the attachment to fishing is not confined to modern, Western economies is provided by Sievanen et al. (2005) who present evidence that contradicts the assumption that as fishermen engage in more lucrative livelihoods, such as seaweed farming, pressure will be reduced on the fisheries. It concludes that in some cases seaweed farming has somewhat reduced certain types of fishing activities, but in others, the fishermen’s family members performed most of the day-to-day labor on the seaweed plantings while the adult males continued to fish. Similarly, research conducted in 31 coastal communities in the insular Pacific indicated that alternative income producing programs failed to reduce fishing pressure (World Bank 2000). Examples of reversions back to fishing after temporarily switching to alternative livelihoods in developing countries are provided by Pomeroy (1992) and Smith and Smith (1980).