Fishery cooperatives in Cuba: Potential benefits,legal feasibility,and governance pre-conditions |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Economics and Law, Faculty of Economics, Sapienza University of Rome, Via del Castro Laurenziano, 9, 00161, Rome, Italy;2. Department of Statistical Sciences, Faculty of Engineering of Information, Informatics and Statistics, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, 00185 Rome, Italy |
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| Abstract: | Currently there is a strong interest in Cuba in improving the performance of the fisheries sector with respect to social, biological, and economic outcomes. Many important fishery resources appear to be overexploited, and previous fishery regulations have had mixed success in restoring fishery stocks. The current fishing pressure could also have adverse impacts on other valuable ecosystem services that support economic activities such as dive tourism and recreational fishing. A new State policy to expand cooperative enterprises to non-agricultural sectors provides an opportunity for fishery cooperatives to be created for the first time since the early years of the Cuban Revolution. This paper explores the potential ecological, social, and economic benefits of adopting fishery cooperatives as a co-management scheme for Cuba's marine fisheries. It concludes that well-designed fishery cooperatives can offer substantial benefits to the management of the fishery sector. Based on an analysis of the relative success of fishing cooperatives worldwide, guidelines are provided for the design of fishery cooperatives in Cuba. |
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| Keywords: | Caribbean Cooperatives Cuba Fisheries |
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