Publisher : International Collective in Support of Fishworkers
Place of publication :
Publication year : 2008
Thematic : Marine Protected Areas
Language : English
Note
This study is based on a review of secondary data sources (such as scientifi c
papers, academic theses and government publications and reports), including
an analysis of the legal provisions to do with the design, establishment and
operation of protected areas. Among the factors examined were government
coastal management policies, including fi sheries policy; the establishment and
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management of coastal and protected areas, where special attention was paid to
the effi ciency of enforcement mechanisms; decentralization strategies to enable
public participation; and gender equity.
The study also draws on the perspective of key informants, namely, Mexican
experts on coastal and ocean management issues, including government offi cials,
decision-makers, researchers, members of relevant NGOs and consultants. An
e-mail survey was conducted by sending out more than 500 questionnaires, each
comprising 21 questions. Fifty people responded (24 per cent women and 76 per
cent men). Among the respondents, 50 per cent were researchers, 28 per cent
were government offi cials and 24 per cent were members of NGOs.
The study discusses two case studies of MPAs in detail and summarizes the fi ndings
from four others, focusing primarily on the role played by local communities in
managing coastal and marine resources. In choosing the case studies a major
objective was to combine the authors’ fi eld experience, particularly in the Yucatan
Peninsula1, with the work of others. The overall aim was to provide an overview of
how local stakeholders are engaged in the conservation of natural resources, how
their livelihoods are affected by the establishment of protected areas and what
their interests are. All case studies have been developed from an ethnographic
perspective–using the participant observation, focus groups, semi-structured and
structured interviews and questionnaires–by researchers who, in general, have
been working for more than 10 years in the coastal communities concerned.
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Keywords : Fisheries
Encoded by : Pauline Carmel Joy Eje
