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Artificial Reef Contributions to Sustainability

Published:2022-05-13 Issue: Volume: Page:70-86
ISSN:2330-3271
Container-title:Impact of Artificial Reefs on the Environment and Communities
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Author:

Santamaria Reyes Jose Antonio¹,García José Odón¹

Affiliation:

1. Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico

Abstract

For 59 million people in the world, fishing represents their main source of income. In addition, for 3.2 billion people, fishery resources provide 20% of the protein of animal origin in their diet. One tool that could contribute to recovering stocks in a sustainable way is artificial reefs. In Mexico, 750 structures were deployed in Barra de Pichi and 500 in Caleta de Campos municipality of Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, between 2016 and 2018. The objective of this work is to evaluate the level of sustainability of the artisanal fishing system between Barra de Pichi and Caleta de Campos, in relation to the artificial reefs (ARs) and with the purpose of assessing its usefulness as a public policy tool. The framework for the evaluation of natural resource management systems incorporating sustainability indicators (MESMIS) was used as a methodological guide, comparing two groups: AAusers (users ARs) and non-AAusers (non-users of ARs). The results showed that the artisanal fishing activity carried out by ARs users is more sustainable than non-ARs users.

Publisher

IGI Global

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