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Desde 1962, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) ha estado apoyando la conservación de las islas Galápagos. En la actualidad, uno de los proyectos emblemáticos del Programa Galápagos de WWF es el “Diseño e implementación de un nuevo sistema de... more
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      Marine Protected AreasCommunity Based Natural Resources ManagementValue chain analysisSmall scale fisheries
Ecosystem-based spatial management (EBSM) can provide a mechanism for a strategic and integrated plan-based approach to managing human activities in the marine environment. An EBSM approach was adopted in the Galapagos Marine Reserve... more
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      Marine Protected AreasCommunity Based Natural Resources ManagementEcosystem-Based Fisheries ManagementGalapagos Islands
Small-scale fisheries (SSFs) are social-ecological systems that play a critical role in terms of food security and poverty alleviation in Latin America. These fisheries are increasingly threatened by anthropogenic and climatic drivers... more
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      Social-Ecological SystemsClimate variabilitySmall scale fisheriesLatin America
This chapter reviews the origin and advances of fishery science in the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador), before and after the creation of the Galapagos Marine Reserve and its co-management system. It explains how these events triggered the... more
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      Social-Ecological SystemsMarine Protected AreasCommunity Based Natural Resources ManagementSmall scale fisheries
Since the enactment of the Special Law for the Conservation and Sustainable Use for the Galapagos Province (LOREG, for its initials in Spanish) in March 1998, various management measures have been established to control access to and... more
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      Marine Protected AreasGalapagos IslandsRights Based ManagementFishery Governance
"The economic performance of the spiny lobster (Panulirus penicillatus and P. gracilis) fishery in Galapagos has been negatively affected not only by the decline in lobster abundance (due to over-exploitation) and the global economic... more
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      Marine Protected AreasValue chain analysisSmall scale fisheriesGalapagos Islands
"En este trabajo se utilizó información de largo plazo de pesquerías artesanales de invertebrados en cuatro países de América Latina con diferentes formas de co-manejo pesquero, para evaluar el éxito relativo de dicho arreglo... more
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      Community Based Natural Resources ManagementSmall scale fisheriesLatin AmericaShellfish Ecology and Fisheries
The brown sea cucumber fishery is active in the Galapagos Islands since the year 1991 after its collapse in mainland Ecuador. This paper analyzes the Galapagos Sea cucumber fishery over the past decade and the reasons for its management... more
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      Fisheries ManagementSmall scale fisheriesGalapagos IslandsSea Cucumber Fisheries and Aquaculture
A recent study (Bucaram et al., 2013) provides a contribution on the behavior of the Galapagos fishing fleet for spiny lobster (Panulirus penicillatus and P. gracilis). This comment supplements that study by resolving some gaps in its... more
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      Small scale fisheriesGalapagos IslandsLobster Fisheries
Quantitative surveys of penaeoid shrimps (Farfantepenaeus duorarum, F. aztecus, Litopenaeus setiferus, Xiphopenaeus kroyeri, Sicyonia brevirostris and Trachypenaeus similis) were conducted in Campeche Sound, southwestern Gulf of Mexico,... more
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      GeostatisticsGulf of MexicoShrimp Fisheries
The white fish fishery is of historical socioeconomic importance for fishermen in the Galapagos Marine Reserve (GMR). Today approximately 68 species are fished, with mullet, wahoo, yellow-finned tuna, jack, and Galapagos sea bass the most... more
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      Participatory ResearchMarine Protected AreasSmall scale fisheriesGalapagos Islands
El Capítulo Pesca es una parte integral del Plan de Manejo de la Reserva Marina de Galápagos (RMG), cuya meta general es “proteger y conservar los ecosistemas marinos-costeros del archipiélago y su diversidad biológica para el beneficio... more
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      Small scale fisheriesGalapagos IslandsFishery Management Plan
El calendario de pesca quinquenal de la Reserva Marina de Galápagos (RMG) aprobado por la Interinstitucional de Manejo (AIM) establece que la pesquería de pepino de mar en Galápagos se abrirá anualmente sobre la base de estudios... more
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      Galapagos IslandsSea Cucumber Fisheries and AquacultureIsostichopus Fuscus
El objetivo de este informe es el de proveer a los miembros de la Junta de Manejo Participativo (JMP) y Autoridad Interinstitucional de Manejo (AIM) de unos criterios de recuperación para la pesquería de pepino de mar (Isostichopus... more
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      Galapagos IslandsSea Cucumber Fisheries and Aquaculture
El objetivo de este estudio es evaluar el desempeño de la pesca de altura mediante el uso experimental de dispositivos agregadores de peces (DAPs) en la RMG, con particular énfasis en la determinación de beneficios económicos hasta ahora... more
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      Galapagos IslandsFishing Aggregating DevicesExperimental Fishing
Las Islas Galápagos representan un icono a nivel mundial por su biodiversidad y el alto nivel de endemismo que las caracteriza. Sus ricos y diversos ecosistemas marinos han sido históricamente objeto de la actividad pesquera,... more
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      Participatory ResearchSocial-Ecological SystemsMarine Protected AreasSmall scale fisheries
Co-management (Co-M), defined as the sharing of management tasks and responsibilities between governments and local users, is emerging as a powerful institutional arrangement to redress fisheries paradigm failures, yet long-term... more
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      Social-Ecological SystemsCommunity Based Natural Resources ManagementSmall scale fisheriesMethods
Las pesquerías de pequeña escala, o artesanales, desempeñan un papel fundamental en la seguridad alimentaria y mitigación de la pobreza en América Latina. Estas pesquerías están cada vez más amenazadas por factores antropogénicos y... more
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      ResilienciaInvertebradosENSOCambio Global
The resilience of small-scale shellfisheries in Latin America is increasingly threatened by climatic and human drivers acting simultaneously at multiple temporal and spatial scales. Co-governance is emerging as a potential solution to... more
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      Community ResilienceSocial-Ecological SystemsSmall scale fisheriesGalapagos Islands
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification program is a market-based instrument aimed at recognizing sustainable fishing practices. Although there are 10 MSC-certified fisheries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), this... more
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      Environmental Policy and GovernanceSmall scale fisheriesMSC certification and fisheries governanceEcolabelling