Co-managing commons: Advancing Aquatic Resources Management in Brazil

Seixas, Cristiana Simão; Minte-Vera, Carolina V.; Ferreira, Renata G.; Moura, Rodrigo L.; Curado, Isabela Baleeiro; Pezzuti, Juarez; Francini‐Filho, Ronaldo B.

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“…Promising approaches include Fishing Agreements, and deliberative management councils of two types of sustainable-use protected areas: Extractive Reserves and Sustainable Development Reserves (Seixas et al 2009). In our study region in Brazil, an opportunity for fisher participation in management emerged in 2012, when the Consultative Council of the ESEC Tamoios started a process towards building the Commitment Terms (Termos de Compromisso) between the protected area and fishers from Tarituba (Paraty Municipality) .…”

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“…However, there are signs of progress. In both countries, government agencies in charge of fisheries management have shown willingness to devolve some power to user groups in order to increase compliance of rules through co-management, among other reasons (Seixas et al 2009;Trimble 2013). As well, fishers are willing to become meaningfully involved in fisheries decision-making (Trimble and Johnson 2013).…”

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Towards adaptive co-management of small-scale fisheries in Uruguay and Brazil: lessons from using Ostrom’s design principles

Trimble

Berkes

2015

Maritime Studies

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The literature on commons has established the validity and significance of Elinor Ostrom's design principles for collective action. Can these principles be used to guide policies and initiatives towards adaptive co-management? We analyze this idea by using two case studies, Piriápolis (Uruguay) and Paraty (Brazil). Both cases are small-scale fisheries, and both have been experiencing a social-ecological crisis in a context of prevailing top-down government management. However, there are signs that government policies are moving towards participatory governance. The objective of this article is to identify opportunities and barriers to adaptive co-management of small-scale fisheries in Uruguay and Brazil using Ostrom's design principles for guidance. Both case studies partially meet seven of the eleven design principles (as amended by Cox and colleagues), but do not fulfill four. The analysis of the fisheries using Ostrom's principles sheds light on the opportunities and barriers to adaptive co-management in three categories: resource system, resource users, and governance system. Barriers include long-standing conflicts between small-scale fishers and government agencies, and between small and large-scale fisheries sectors. Nevertheless, recent initiatives involving participatory approaches to research and management show potential to improve compliance with several principles. Two weaknesses of using Ostrom's principles for the analysis of the cases were a lack of attention to social learning and the exclusion of external drivers.

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Section: Opportunities For Improving Compliance With Ostrom's Design mentioning

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Towards adaptive co-management of small-scale fisheries in Uruguay and Brazil: lessons from using Ostrom’s design principles

Trimble

Berkes

2015

Maritime Studies

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“…Resource extraction is prohibited in both these protected area types (Table 1). Coastal conservation units were created to maintain biodiversity and they have been classified into no-take areas and sustainable-use areas (Seixas et al, 2009). Biodiversity conservation in coastal areas of the Atlantic Forest is of recognized global and national importance, and islands can be useful to protect reef fish, constituting areas important for sustaining fishery productivity.…”

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“…In many countries where artisanal fisheries are managed, the participation of fishers in decision-making processes has led to co-management arrangements. Fishers' participation in these arrangements ranges from the inclusion of local rules and norms into management programs to direct participation in legislative processes, as has been observed in Africa, Asia, Oceania, North America, and more recently in South America, including Brazil (Acheson, 2003;Berkes et al, 2006;Hauck and Sowman, 2004;Johannes, 1981Johannes, , 2002Pinedo and Soria, 2008;Ruddle, 2000;Seixas et al, 2009).…”

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Compensation for environmental services from artisanal fisheries in SE Brazil: Policy and technical strategies

Begossi

May

Lopes

et al. 2011

Ecological Economics

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Artisanal fisheries are of great importance in Brazil, as they are responsible for more than 50% of national fish production. This importance, associated with the necessity of conserving marine environments threatened by multiple competing uses, leads us to propose mechanisms for co-management of fisheries by users and public authorities. This proposal takes into account: a) local conflicts between artisanal and industrial fishers; b) local rules over the use of fishing areas established by artisanal fishers; c) the advent of protected areas that close access to some fishing areas used by artisanal fisheries; and d) co-management options being explored between government and fishers. This study suggests policy and technical alternatives under consideration to manage the artisanal fisheries of southeastern Brazil with a focus on Ilha Grande bay in Rio de Janeiro. In our case study, based on field research conducted in 2009, we show that artisanal fishers are squeezed into a marine space between protected areas and industrial fishing. We suggest that a combination of fishing agreements (FAs), based on experience in Amazonian fisheries and extractive reserves, and payment for environmental services (PES), based on forest and related water resource experience, could improve management and livelihoods for local artisanal fisheries by stimulating and rewarding fishers who participate in conservation efforts. The two instruments (FAs and PES) are the subject of considerable research and practical experience. Their integration in an instrument mix represents a contribution from transdisciplinary fields of human ecology and ecological economics.

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“…Corumbau, Cassurubá, and Canavieiras in the Abrolhos Region). These co-management arrangements are some of the few success stories of small-scale fisheries management in Brazil (Seixas et al, 2009). It is important to highlight that the implementation of buffer zones would facilitate establishing both spatial (e.g.…”

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Spawning patterns of commercially important reef fish (Lutjanidae and Serranidae) in the tropical western South Atlantic

Freitas¹,

Moura²,

Francini‐Filho³

et al. 2011

Sci. Mar.

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SUMMARY: Although information on the spawning seasons of commercially important snappers (Lutjanidae) and groupers (Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae) is available for the north and central west Atlantic, there is little information for the tropical western South Atlantic (Brazil). As a consequence, there are few fishery regulations in this entire region that take into consideration such information. In this study, we characterized the reproductive cycles of three Epinephelinae serranids (Epinephelus morio, Mycteroperca bonaci and Cephalopholis fulva) and five lutjanids (Lutjanus synagris, L. jocu, L. analis, Ocyurus chrysurus and Rhomboplites aurorubens) that occur in the Abrolhos Bank, Brazil, the largest reef complex in the tropical western South Atlantic. A total of 3528 gonads were collected from May 2005 to October 2007. Temporal variability in spawning patterns was evaluated using the Gonadosomatic Index (GSI) and macroscopic analyses. The peak of reproductive activity for the three grouper species occurred between July and August. Snappers exhibited two peaks of reproductive activity, the more intense of which occurred between September and October. The other peak occurred between February and March, with the exception of the deep-dwelling species R. aurorubens, which only reproduced between February and March. Seasonal patterns were consistent over the two consecutive years that we studied, and these patterns are equivalent to those observed for the Northern Hemisphere, as are the sizes at maturity and at the time of sexual change (for the three protogynous hermaphrodite groupers). Fisheries management in this region could be significantly improved by a combination of catch and effort limitations being imposed during spawning seasons and by overall size limitations, particularly considering that most of the fish caught are generally below size at maturity. The proposed buffer zones for the marine areas that are presently protected in Abrolhos represent an opportunity for implementing both spatial (e.g. setting no-take zones that cover spawning sites) and temporal (e.g. seasonal closures during spawning peaks) management tools, using a participatory approach at the regional scale.Keywords: small-scale fisheries management, reproduction, reef fisheries, Abrolhos Bank, Brazil. RESUMEN: Patrones de desove de peces de arrecife comercialmente importantes (Lutjanidae y Serranidae) en el Atlántico tropical suroccidental. -A pesar de que se tiene un buen conocimiento sobre la época de freza de los pargos (Lutjanidae) y los meros (Serranidae, subfamilia Epinephelinae) en las zonas norte y central del Atlántico occidental, la información disponible del Atlántico suroccidental es escasa. Como consecuencia, en esta zona aún existen pocas regulaciones pesqueras que tengan en cuenta esta información. En este estudio se caracterizan los ciclos reproductores de tres serránidos Epinephelinae (Epinephelus morio, Mycteroperca bonaci and Cephalopholis fulva) y cinco pargos (Lutjanus synagris, L. jocu, L. analis, Ocyurus c...

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Co-managing commons: Advancing Aquatic Resources Management in Brazil

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Towards adaptive co-management of small-scale fisheries in Uruguay and Brazil: lessons from using Ostrom’s design principles

Towards adaptive co-management of small-scale fisheries in Uruguay and Brazil: lessons from using Ostrom’s design principles

Compensation for environmental services from artisanal fisheries in SE Brazil: Policy and technical strategies

Spawning patterns of commercially important reef fish (Lutjanidae and Serranidae) in the tropical western South Atlantic

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