TY - JOUR
T1 - Cooperatives, concessions, and co-management on the Pacific coast of Mexico
AU - McCay, Bonnie J.
AU - Micheli, Fiorenza
AU - Ponce-Díaz, Germán
AU - Murray, Grant
AU - Shester, Geoff
AU - Ramirez-Sanchez, Saudiel
AU - Weisman, Wendy
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Mario Ramade of the Fedecoop and all the cooperative directors, technical staff, members and employees, as well as the families and community members of Punta Abreojos, La Bocana, Bahía Asunción, Bahía Tortugas, Isla de Cedros, Isla Natividad, and staff as well as former cooperative members residing in Ensenada and La Paz. Georgina Saad and Maria Cruz Torres were particularly helpful in carrying out the social science research. For funding the study we thank the US National Science Foundation Program, Biocomplexity in the Environment ( OCE-0410439 ). We also thank EDI, COFFA , and Project SIP20091333 for support.
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - Ten fishery cooperatives of the Pacific coast of Mexico were studied to examine reasons for successful community-based management of the fishery commons. The cooperatives hold exclusive rights to 'concession' territories for major fisheries and are linked by geographic adjacency and through a federation. The case study underscores the role of factors such as smallness of scale; the productivity, visibility and legibility of the resources and fisheries involved; clarity of social and territorial boundaries; adjacency and linkages among territorial units; a strong sense of community. The cooperatives also made considerable investments in attaining high levels of knowledge, leadership, transparent and democratic decision-making, and "vigilance," or enforcement of the rules and the running of the organization. The study also shows the workings of windows of opportunity and experience with environmental change in the development of strong and adaptive capacities for co-management between local organizations and government agencies. Although particular histories and larger legal, political, and cultural contexts matter, the Mexican case supports arguments for greater community-level engagement in "catch share" and territorial management throughout the Pacific.
AB - Ten fishery cooperatives of the Pacific coast of Mexico were studied to examine reasons for successful community-based management of the fishery commons. The cooperatives hold exclusive rights to 'concession' territories for major fisheries and are linked by geographic adjacency and through a federation. The case study underscores the role of factors such as smallness of scale; the productivity, visibility and legibility of the resources and fisheries involved; clarity of social and territorial boundaries; adjacency and linkages among territorial units; a strong sense of community. The cooperatives also made considerable investments in attaining high levels of knowledge, leadership, transparent and democratic decision-making, and "vigilance," or enforcement of the rules and the running of the organization. The study also shows the workings of windows of opportunity and experience with environmental change in the development of strong and adaptive capacities for co-management between local organizations and government agencies. Although particular histories and larger legal, political, and cultural contexts matter, the Mexican case supports arguments for greater community-level engagement in "catch share" and territorial management throughout the Pacific.
KW - Community-based management
KW - Fishing cooperatives
KW - Territorial use rights
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84889603518&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.marpol.2013.08.001
DO - 10.1016/j.marpol.2013.08.001
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0308-597X
VL - 44
SP - 49
EP - 59
JO - Marine Policy
JF - Marine Policy
ER -