The unintended consequences of formal fisheries policies: Social disparities and resource overuse in a major fishing community in the Gulf of California, Mexico |
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| Authors: | A Cinti W Shaw R Cudney-Bueno M Rojo |
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| Institution: | 1. The University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources, Biological Sciences East 325, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA;2. Institute of Marine Sciences, Long Marine Laboratories, University of California Santa Cruz, 100 Schaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA;3. Conservation and Science Program, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, 300 Second Street, Los Altos, CA 94022;4. Comunidad y Biodiversidad A.C., Blvd. Agua Marina #297, entre Jaiba y Tiburón, Colonia Delicias, Guaymas, Sonora 85420, Mexico;1. Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University, 55 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA;2. Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, 120 Oceanview Boulevard, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA;3. Fisheries Department, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas – IPN, Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional s/n, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, La Paz, Baja California Sur. C.P. 23096 Mexico;4. Institute for Coastal Research, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo Campus, 900 Fifth Street, Nanaimo, BC, Canada V9R 5S5;5. Oceana – Monterey, 99 Pacific Street, Suite 155C, Monterey, CA 93940, USA;6. Oceans Policy and Planning, Ecosystems Programs Policy, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, 200 Kent Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0E6;7. Wildlife Conservation Society, 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10460, USA;1. Centro para la Biodiversidad Marina y la Conservación A.C. Calle Del Pirata 420, Fraccionamiento Benito Juárez, La Paz, BCS, México, CP. 23090, Mexico;2. University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, TX 78373-5015, USA;3. Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California, La Jolla, CA 92093-0208, USA;4. Department of Environmental Studies, University of New England, Biddeford, ME, USA;5. Instituto Politecnico Nacional, CIIDIR Unidad Oaxaca. Calle de Hornos 1003 Col. Santa Cruz, Xoxocotlán, Oaxaca, México, CP. 71236, Mexico;1. Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan;2. National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Fisheries Research and Education Agency, 2-12-4 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-8648, Japan;1. Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, United States;2. Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, 99 Pacific Street, Suite 555E, Monterey, CA 93940, United States;1. Centro Intercultural de Estudios de Desiertos y Océanos, A.C. Edif. Agustín Cortes, s/n. Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, CP 83550, México;2. Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, 9500 Gilman Drive, CA 92093, USA |
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| Abstract: | This study investigates the local social and fisheries impact of formal fisheries policies in Bahía de Kino, one of the most important fishing villages in terms of extraction of benthic resources in the Northern Gulf of California, Mexico. The paper focuses on cross-scale institutional interactions, describing how existing formal policies are functioning on the ground, how these policies interact with local arrangements, and how this interaction may affect the incentives of different actors towards sustainable fisheries. Besides providing lessons on how the performance of a local fishery could be improved, this paper addresses the question of whether the formal institutional structure of Mexican fishing regulations is effective in promoting responsible behavior by small-scale fishery stakeholders. It is argued that the design of the most widely used management tool to regulate access to marine resources throughout Mexico -the permit (licensing) system- provides the wrong incentives for sustainable-use. Granting secure rights to resources to those actively involved in the fishery is a necessary step for promoting sustainable fishing practices. |
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| Keywords: | Small-scale fishery Institution Policy Cross-scale interaction Incentive Gulf of California |
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