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Challenges and Prospects of Fisheries Co-Management under a Marine Extractive Reserve Framework in Northeastern Brazil

2009; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 37; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/08920750903194165

1521-0421

Rodrigo L. Moura, Carolina V. Minte‐Vera, Isabela Baleeiro Curado, Ronaldo B. Francini‐Filho, Hélio De Castro Lima Rodrigues, Guilherme Dutra, Diego Corrêa Alves, Francisco José Bezerra Souto,

Coastal and Marine Management

Abstract In Brazil, Marine Extractive Reserves—MERs (Reservas Extrativistas Marinhas) represent the most significant government-supported effort to protect the common property resources upon which traditional small-scale fishers depend. From an initial small-scale experience in 1992, MERs have expanded countrywide, now encompassing 30 units (9,700 km2) and nearly 60,000 fishers. Despite such escalating interest in the model, there is little research on the effectiveness of MERs. In this article, we discuss relevant parts of the history and examine the current situation of the fisheries co-management initiative in the Marine Extractive Reserve of Corumbau, which was created in 2000 as the first MER to encompass coral reefs and reef fisheries. We describe the Extractive Reserve co-management arrangement and its main policy and legislative challenges. Finally, we discuss the prospects for the use of MERs as management frameworks for traditional small-scale fisheries in Brazil. Keywords: co-managementCorumbauextractive reservefisheriesprotected areas Acknowledgments We deeply acknowledge all fisherfolk from the MERC for their patience and collaboration. We thank Grazyela Fiuza-Lima, Juliane Cebola, Matheus Freitas, Mariana Neves, Aneilton Carmo, Ronaldo Lobão, Cristiana Seixas, Michael Orbach, Ratana Chuenpagdee, Danilo Araújo, Renata Melão, Tuca Monteiro, Fernanda Stori, Tiago Bucci, Alexandre Cordeiro, Albino Neves, José Conceição, John Cordell, Ademi Januário, Les Kaufman, Luis Fernando Brutto, Luis Paulo Pinto, Paulo Prado, and Carlos Hortêncio for help in the field and/or valuable discussions and insights. Funding was provided by the Fundo Nacional do Meio Ambiente, Secretaria Especial de Aqüicultura e Pesca, Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário, International Conservation Fund of Canada, Sagatiba, Betty and Gordon Moore Foundation, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico. This is contribution number 10 of Conservation International's Marine Management Areas Science Program, Abrolhos Node. Notes 1. FNMA approved a US$400,000.00 budget in 2003, but to date less than half of this money has reached the project.