TY - JOUR
T1 - Governance and effects of marine reserves in the Gulf of California, Mexico
AU - Cudney-Bueno, R.
AU - Bourillón, L.
AU - Sáenz-Arroyo, A.
AU - Torre-Cosío, J.
AU - Turk-Boyer, P.
AU - Shaw, W. W.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was made possible via financial contributions from The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Wallace Research Foundation, World Wildlife Fund, the Tinker Foundation, Fondo Mexicano para la Conservación de la Naturaleza, the Sandler Family Supporting Foundation, International Community Foundation, The Marisla Foundation, the Environmental Leadership Program, and the PADI Project AWARE Foundation. We thank the Mexican Government for its support throughout this work. Previous drafts of this paper benefited from comments and editorial reviews of Tiffany Ash-Cudney and Jennie Duberstein. Assistance in the development of all figures was provided by Marcia Moreno. We thank the fishers of Loreto, Bahía de Kino, and Puerto Peñasco for their friendship, assistance, and knowledge sharing.
PY - 2009/3
Y1 - 2009/3
N2 - We trace the evolution, governance, and effects of three marine reserve (no-take zones) initiatives in the Gulf of California, Mexico: Loreto Bay National Park, Puerto Peñasco, and San Pedro Mártir Island Biosphere Reserve. Preliminary monitoring results, although highly variable, are encouraging for conservation and fisheries management. However, open access situations and differing conceptions among local stakeholders and government concerning access rights to fishing grounds, coupled with limited support for surveillance and lags between local and government institutional arrangements and interests, are the main constraints for the success of these and future reserves in the region. We discuss the main social-ecological feedbacks at play and the implications of our findings within a regional context.
AB - We trace the evolution, governance, and effects of three marine reserve (no-take zones) initiatives in the Gulf of California, Mexico: Loreto Bay National Park, Puerto Peñasco, and San Pedro Mártir Island Biosphere Reserve. Preliminary monitoring results, although highly variable, are encouraging for conservation and fisheries management. However, open access situations and differing conceptions among local stakeholders and government concerning access rights to fishing grounds, coupled with limited support for surveillance and lags between local and government institutional arrangements and interests, are the main constraints for the success of these and future reserves in the region. We discuss the main social-ecological feedbacks at play and the implications of our findings within a regional context.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2008.12.005
DO - 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2008.12.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:60949095626
SN - 0964-5691
VL - 52
SP - 207
EP - 218
JO - Ocean and Coastal Management
JF - Ocean and Coastal Management
IS - 3-4
ER -