4.2. Implications for environmental education
The highly agreed factors regarding the fishers’ views towards
the marine environment (M 3 , C 1 , C 2 ) reveal that fishers’ disposal
practices might be dictated by altruistic environmental goals, which
provides implications for encouraging environmental education for
fishers. Moreover, as the binary logit regression analysis showed,
these factors also had a significant relation with fishers’ intention to
bring garbage back to port. The results indicate a link between
fishers’ views toward the marine environment and their disposal
practices. This link can be strengthened through education. Environ-
mental education holds that we can change behavior by making
people more knowledge about the environment and its associated
issues [34]. It is also argued that raising awareness and education
are needed to reduce marine litter [35]. In this regard, it is suggested
that authorities or fishermen’s associations encourage educational
and outreach programs for fishers. The programs might focus on raising fishers’ awareness of the marine environment, their potential
contribution to the problem of marine debris, the adverse impacts of
marine debris on the ecosystem health and fishing activities. It is
expected that such programs can help create a sense of environ-
mental responsibility among fishers and fostering their behavior
changes in a more sustainable way.