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Conservation of vaquita marina in the Northern Gulf of California |
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| Authors: | Sara Avila-Forcada Adán L Martínez-Cruz Carlos Muñoz-Piña |
| Institution: | a Graduate Program in Economics, Facultad de Economía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México b Graduate Program in Agricultural and Resource Economics, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, Symmons Hall, Rm 2200, College Park, MD 20742, United States c Dirección General de Investigación en Política y Economía Ambiental, Instituto Nacional de Ecología, Periférico 5000, Col. Insurgentes Cuicuilco, Del. Coyoacán, CP 04530, México, DF, México |
| Abstract: | Vaquita marina, a small species of porpoise endemic to the Northern Gulf of California in Mexico, is the world's most endangered cetacean species. With the purpose of preserving vaquita, the Mexican government launched PACE-Vaquita in 2008. This voluntary program offers an innovative schedule of compensations: as in a payment-for-conservation program, PACE-Vaquita compensates for temporary reductions in fishing effort; as in a program to accelerate technology adoption, PACE-Vaquita compensates for switching to vaquita-safe fishing methods; and as in a buyback program, PACE-Vaquita compensates fishermen for a permanent exit from fisheries. This paper seeks the factors explaining fishermen's participation in PACE-Vaquita during its first year of operation. Analysis is carried out through a multinomial logit specification on a data set collected one week after the enrollment deadline. This paper shows that fishermen with skills in alternative economic activities more likely quit fishing, and fishermen with relatively less productive vessels more likely switched to vaquita-safe fishing methods. Discussion of public policy implications is provided. |
| Keywords: | Vaquita marina Fishing gear adoption Buyback program |
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