4WSFC Latin America and the Caribbean
October 24-27, 2022
Merida, Mexico
Plenary Sessions
Plenary 1: Strengthening COMMUNITIES & VOICES
Small-scale fisheries and aquaculture are challenged by diverse and complex issues. These include weak collective action and leadership, poor organizational management, barriers to gender equality and equity, and poor/no social protection. They also face external threats from climate, market dynamics, price fluctuations, new technologies, overexploitation, habitat degradation and more recently, COVID-19. These threats are amplified by pressures from the Blue Economy, coastal development, the international private sector, and little government support. Most challenges require time and perseverance to be solved or managed with support from government policies and administrative and legal institutions, but this can only happen if fishing communities’ voices are heard and prioritized by decision-makers. The plenary will explore the following questions: How are aquatic resource communities articulating their issues and using their voices? How have these voices been heard by the appropriate social, political and economic actors? And Why and where are voices silent or unheard and how can this situation be remedied?
October 25, 2022
Chairs
Maria Pena
University of West Indies
Barbados, Caribbean, Spain
Maria Pena has 20 years experience conducting project research in a number of areas including socioeconomic monitoring at coastal and marine sites, small-scale fisheries (SSF) management planning, stewardship and leadership in fisherfolk organisations. Recently, her interests have broadened to include gender in Caribbean SSF. Maria works at the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus, Barbados.
Eric Wade
Department of Coastal Studies at East Carolina University Belize
Dr. Eric Wade is an assistant professor of environmental social science in the Department of Coastal Studies at East Carolina University. He uses an interdisciplinary approach, merging the fields of conservation and social psychology with anthropology to explore human-environment interactions in coastal and marine systems. His research interests lie in understanding the role of non-monetary drivers of individual and collective decisions in how stakeholders adapt to socio-ecological change.
Alejandro Espinoza-Tenorio
Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR Campeche)
Mexico
Dr. Alejandro Espinoza Tenorio is interested in developing methodologies for holistic management in coastal areas, particularly for small-scale fisheries. He joined in 2011 as a researcher at ECOSUR, Mexico.
Ainka Granderson
CANARI
Eastern Caribbean
Dr. Ainka Granderson is Senior Technical Officer and Resilience Lead at the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI). She is a climate change adaptation specialist with expertise in community-based and ecosystem-based solutions and participatory development of adaptation plans and policies, including a focus on small-scale fisheries. She brings over seven years of experience working in climate change and environmental management in the Caribbean and Pacific islands.
Speakers
Emi Koch
Coast 2 Coast
Peru
Emi is a social-ecologist who utilizes community-based participatory research approaches to understand fisheries scarcity’s impact on small-scale fishing communities' well-being and resilience. Emi co-founded Coast 2 Coast, a nonprofit based in Lobitos, Peru, that combines investigation with imagination, working with rural students from fishing villages using storytelling tools + participatory research approaches for young learners to explore and communicate their SSF importance. She is a Fulbright Fellow and National Geographic Explorer from San Diego, California, living in Lobitos, Peru.
Vivienne Solis
CoopeSoliDar R.L.
Costa Rica
Vivienne Solis Rivera. Biologist from the University of Costa Rica. MSc in Systematics and Ecology from the University of Lawrence/ Kansas USA. Works in CoopeSoliDar R.L, Costa Rica. Vivienne has more than 30 years of experience and work in the areas of biodiversity conservation and human rights in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean.
Melina Guadalupe Colorado Dapa
Ecoave
Mexico
Melina Guadalupe Colorado Dapa is an ecotourism guide at Ecoave and expert in flora and fauna of the protected areas “Laguna Madre and Delta del Rio Bravo”. University Technician in Aquaculture and Fishing, Tamaulipas - Mexico.
Henry Espinoza Panta
WAVES Lobitos
Peru
Henry Espinoza Panta is the director of WAVES Lobitos, a nonprofit located in Lobitos, an artisanal fishing village in Northern Peru that employs surfing, skating, and other enrichment tools to engage local youth in their own development and that of their community. The son of a local fishing family and a former WAVES participant, Henry is passionate about the well-being of his remote fishing village. He is an accomplished surfer and photographer.
Plenary 2: Strengthening CAPACITY & ASSETS
Small-scale fishing communities are undergoing rapid change brought on by coupled social, environmental, economic, and political drivers. In response, communities are racing to adapt to these changes while safeguarding their livelihoods. To adequately respond to these changes, there are increased calls for a re-examination and broader conceptualization of how we define the assets and capacities of communities. In this session, we discuss how the consideration of non-monetary assets such as local and traditional knowledge, social capital, cultural values, peer-to-peer capacity development can strengthen the capacities of communities to adapt to socio-ecological changes. Our speakers will discuss how these non-monetary assets may reinforce their capabilities and how and in what ways they can contribute to a more holistic approach to small-scale fisheries management.
October 25, 2022
Chairs
Dr. Eric Wade is an assistant professor of environmental social science in the Department of Coastal Studies at East Carolina University. He uses an interdisciplinary approach, merging the fields of conservation and social psychology with anthropology to explore human-environment interactions in coastal and marine systems. His research interests lie in understanding the role of non-monetary drivers of individual and collective decisions in how stakeholders adapt to socio-ecological change.
Eric Wade
Department of Coastal Studies at East Carolina University Belize
Maria Pena has 20 years experience conducting project research in a number of areas including socioeconomic monitoring at coastal and marine sites, small-scale fisheries (SSF) management planning, stewardship and leadership in fisherfolk organisations. Recently, her interests have broadened to include gender in Caribbean SSF. Maria works at the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus, Barbados.
Maria Pena
University of West Indies
Barbados, Caribbean, Spain
Alejandro Acosta
Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
USA
Alejandro Acosta is a research administrator at the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Fish and Wildlife Research Institute in Marathon, FL, U.S. He is a fisheries biologist with a background in reef ecology and management. In his work, he has examined tropical reef fisheries, community structure, and stock assessment of reef, mangrove and estuarine fishes. His research uses a blend of innovative field, laboratory and analytical techniques, focusing on fundamental and applied issues related to fishes and fisheries that range in scale from individual species to entire ecosystems. His research is tailored to meet current and anticipated management needs which regularly result in management recommendations in the face of increasing climate and anthropogenic impacts. Dr. Acosta has been on the Board of Directors of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI) for over 15 years. In addition, he is a member of stock assessment technical working groups for State, Federal and Regional agencies; a technical adviser for the University of Puerto Rico Sea Grant Program; an active member of the UN Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) for the Species working group; and a member of the WECAFC Technical working group for fish spawning aggregations.
Panel #1: Identifying policy and practice gaps in strengthening capacities and assets of small-scale fishing communities
Speakers
Milena Arias-Schreiber
University of Gothenburg/ University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Sweden/Peru
Environment social scientist at the School of Global Studies at the University of Gothenburg and currently holder of a EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship at the Equalsea Lab, University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Her research focuses on the governance and socio-cultural contributions of small-scale fisheries and the application of transdisciplinarity in ocean sustainability research.
Mateja Nenadovic
Duke University
USA
Mateja Nenadovic is an interdisciplinary research scientist at the Duke University, North Carolina, USA. His work focuses on understanding governance arrangements related to small-scale fisheries in the context of social-ecological systems they operate in and the effects they have on resource conservation and sustainable livelihoods.
Neyra Solano
COBI
Mexico
Master of Science in Coastal Zone Management from the Instituto Tecnológico de México. She has studies on gender, masculinities, and public policies in Latin America, as well as extensive experience in capacity building for coastal communities, in the application of gender studies in Mexican fishing communities and in the mainstreaming of the gender approach in conservation marine and sustainable fishing institutions. Currently, she holds the position of Specialist in gender equality in the civil association Comunidad y Biodiversidad (COBI), leading since 2017 the Gender Equality in the Sea strategy at the Latin American and Caribbean level.
Carlos Villamil
Colombia
Marine biologist, M.Sc, technical advisor to the Integrated Coastal Marine Management Project implemented by the German Cooperation Agency (GIZ), manager and technical advisor to the Colombian Fisheries Authority for the Participatory Fisheries Management Process with Wayuu communities in Alta Guajira, Colombia.
Panel #2: Institutional responses to strengthening capacities and assets of small-scale fishing communities
Speakers
Daylin Muñoz Nuñez
Walton Family Foundation
Mexico
Daylin Muñoz Nuñez is a program officer at Walton Family Foundation’s Environment Program. Daylin manages the foundation’s grantmaking in Mexico, where she works closely with NGOs, fishers, industry leaders, local communities, the government, and scientists in designing and implementing long-lasting solutions for sustainable fisheries, healthy oceans and thriving communities.
Peter A. Murray
Secretariat of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism
Belize
Peter A. Murray has served as the senior-most Fisheries Biologist (and, at that time, de facto Deputy Chief Fisheries Officer) at Saint Lucia’s Department of Fisheries; he was a senior Programme Officer at the OECS Secretariat (now Commission), with primary responsibility for marine resources management and was the Programme Manager, Fisheries Management and Development at the Secretariat of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism, based in Belize. He currently serves as Advisor to the incumbent manager of this Programme and coordinates activities related to gender mainstreaming; fisheries monitoring control, surveillance and enforcement; health and food safety; and sustainable aquaculture. Peter also works on activities related to climate and disaster resilience. Peter A. Murray has a Master of Philosophy degree in Biology and, on top of his over 40 years in the field of fisheries and environmental management, a Diploma in International Environmental Law.
Hoyt Peckam
Wildlife Conservation Society
Spain
Hoyt Peckham, PhD directs WCS’ community fisheries program, supporting teams in 25 countries to help fisheries equitably benefit people and nature. Previously, Hoyt founded and led The SmartFish Group, a social enterprise that rewards more responsible fishing across Mexico. He holds a PhD from UC Santa Cruz and is a Pew Marine Conservation Fellow.
Eduardo Boné Morón
Environmental Defense Fund
Mexico
Euardo (Lalo) is the Senior Manager of the Oceans and Fisheries Program in Cuba of Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). In this position, he manages a multinational group of scientists, experts, and other stakeholders to implement projects that support fisheries sustainability and marine conservation in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico region.
Plenary 3: Strengthening SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE
October 26, 2022
Socio-ecological resilience is a critical dimension for viability of the small-scale fisheries in LAC. Yet, traditionally, small-scale fisheries have been looked at through the ecological lenses only. We highlight the role social features play within small-scale fisheries capacity to resist to shocks (either anthropogenic or naturally driven) by understanding the timeframe, the scale and the implications of the social elements in how small-scale fisheries are conducted, where, by whom. Additionally, the ecological attribute directly links to how the natural element is perceived, utilized and taken care of (or damaged), by those people who depend upon its health, to survive. In this plenary we will highlight and illustrate the mutual dependency of both sides of this equation for small-scale fisheries in LAC to resist to pressure and to strong changes, under uncertain circumstances. We try to integrate varied perspectives, approaches, end knowledges to articulate both, the social-and-ecological as one unified segment where to set the small-scale fisheries in order to address the challenges they face.
Chairs
Francisco Arreguín Sanchez
CICIMAR
Mexico
Professor at the National Polytechnic Institute, at the Interdisciplinary Center for Marine Sciences. For more than 45 years he has been dedicated to fisheries research, particularly the dynamics of exploited ecosystems and populations, highlighting the proposal of biological reference points from a holistic approach based on the ecosystem dynamics. He is a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, National Researcher Level 3 of the National System of Researchers; Advising Professor at East China Normal University. He was director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Marine Sciences of the IPN (2001-2004). He has received different recognitions and prizes for scientific merits; and collaborates as international consultant with the FAO, is member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the National Fisheries Institute and of the Consultative Council (2003-2007). Likewise, he has been a jury for National Awards, Sciences and Arts, Ecological Merit and Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture. Member of the Science and Technology Subcommittee of the Caribbean Sea Commission of the Association of Caribbean States. He has more than 320 scientific publications and about 400 contributions in scientific meetings. He has directed more than 50 research projects; 20 of them with international collaboration. He has taught more than 140 courses at the postgraduate level, and has supervised 77 theses, 28 doctoral, 34 master's, 15 bachelor's.
Alejandro Espinoza-Tenorio
Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR Campeche)
Mexico
Dr. Alejandro Espinoza Tenorio is interested in developing methodologies for holistic management in coastal areas, particularly for small-scale fisheries. He joined in 2011 as a researcher at ECOSUR, Mexico.
Speakers
Kendra Karr
Environmental Defense Funds
USA
Kendra Karr, Senior Scientist, Research & Development, advises the Environmental Defense Funds (EDF) international and national teams on identifying gaps in science knowledge at local levels; building knowledge and capacity in diverse areas; and developing comprehensive and climate resilient fishery management approaches that result in better ecological, social and economic outcomes. She conducts cutting edge research focusing on data-limited stock assessments, adaptive ecosystem-based fishery management and science-based networks of marine protected areas. Kendra co-developed EDF’s participatory fishery assessment and management framework, the Framework for Integrated Habitat and Stock Evaluation (FISHE), and she is leading the design and implementation of climate-resilient multispecies fisheries management throughout EDFs international collaborations. In addition to her role at EDF, Kendra is a research associate with the University of California, Santa Cruz’s (UCSC) Institute of Marine Science, and advises the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch group.
Manuel J. Zetina-Rejón
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas
Mexico
Manuel Zetina is Doctor in Marine Sciences with experience on fisheries and ecosystem modelling. During more than two decades he has focused on the dynamics of interrelationships of marine species and fisheries dynamics through network modelling. Using that experience and encouraging his graduate students, over the past few years he has focused on the analysis of social-ecological systems to reveal patterns that may confer vulnerability or resilience to fisheries.
Natascia Tamburello
Canada
Natascia’s work focuses on understanding, managing, and effectively communicating ecological processes in marine and freshwater systems across North America and the Caribbean, with a focus on fish and fisheries. Her work in this region includes serving as a marine and fisheries technical lead on a climate adaptation program evaluation for the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center; on the development of a Blue Economy Strategy for Barbados, and on the development of a climate change impact assessment and climate-smart fisheries monitoring framework for the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism. Many of these projects involved field components in multiple countries throughout the Caribbean, where she has travelled extensively to carry out project site visits, stakeholder interviews, presentations, and training workshops. Natascia is based in Vancouver, Canada, and holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from McGill University and a Ph.D. in Coastal and Marine Ecology from Simon Fraser University, which focused on management of the lionfish invasion in The Bahamas. Her scientific expertise in marine ecology and fisheries is complemented by formal training in science communications, public relations, facilitation, and multimedia design, which help her to engage a wide range of audiences on the outcomes of her work.
César Viteri Mejia
Charles Darwin Foundation
Ecuador
César Viteri is an economist with more than 20 years of experience in fisheries management, economic valuation, and public policy evaluation. He obtained his Ph.D. in Resource Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Most of his career has developed in the Eastern Tropical Pacific countries (Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador), including in Galapagos, where he has been part of key processes, such as the increasing protection of the Galapagos Marine Reserve. His research has produced groundbreaking results that have contributed to our understanding of Galapagos social ecological system, including topics such as ecosystem services economic valuation, fisheries regulation compliance, resilience, nature-based tourism, and invasive species.
Researcher in fishing resources and management of artisanal fisheries. Doctor of science. Professor and Director of the National University of Colombia - Caribbean Campus, on the island of San Andrés - Colombia.
Adriana Santos
National University of Colombia - Caribbean Campus
Colombia
Michael Kriegl
Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) / Center for Ocean and Society (CeOS)
Germany
Michael Kriegl is a marine ecologist and network scientist fascinated by the interplay between ocean and society. Employing a network lens, he seeks to unravel the social-ecological dynamics of natural resource management with a focus on small-scale fisheries in Latin America. He is passionate about science communication and sparking curiosity in young minds.
Michael is based at the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) and the Center for Ocean and Society (CeOS).
Plenary 4: Strengthening SOCIO-ECONOMIC VIABILITY
October 26, 2022
The COVID19 pandemic taught us, human beings how closely connected the social and economic features of the world system, are. The viability of the small-scale fisheries during the pre- and the post-pandemic time have been in question, within the uncertain scenario we currently have. We will explore how, this already vulnerable sector, could become more resilient and viable under the great number of challenges, at national and global scale, that greatly affect the economic realities fishers live with. This plenary will present some reflections and ideas for this sector to adapt to the large and small-changes the world is exposed to, and that could help the small-scale fisheries sector to explore, find, negotiate and appropriate strategies to be viable in the context of LAC.
Chairs
Sergio Mattos worked as a public fishery manager for the Brazilian Government for 37 years. He graduated Fishing Engineering from the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, with a Ph.D. in Marine Sciences, from the Marine Sciences Institute of Barcelona, Spain. Now an independent researcher, his work still focuses on the management of small-scale fisheries and fisheries resources assessment, with an emphasis on fisheries bioeconomics and issues relating to the implementation of public policies. This approach highlights the concepts of economic and biological sustainability and calls for careful management that includes the participation of fishers and others stakeholders. He is a longstanding member of TBTI and has contributed to numerous TBTI activities.
Sergio Macedo Gomes de Mattos
Instituto Maramar
Brazil
Edgar Torres-Irineo
Escuela Nacional de Estudios Profesionales-Mérida (ENES-UNAM)
Mexico
Obtuvo su licenciatura en Oceanología en la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, su Maestría (Biología Marina) en el Cinvestav Unidad Mérida y su Doctorado (Ecosistemas) en la Universidad de Montpellier junto con el IRD (Institut de recherche pour le développement), en Francia. Realizó dos años de posdoctorado en el Laboratorio de Pesquerías del Cinvestav Unidad Mérida. Desde el 2019 forma parte de la UNAM en la Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, Unidad Mérida (ENES Mérida). Actualmente coordina el Departamento de Sistemas y Procesos Naturales de la ENES Mérida. Su área de interés es la evaluación espacial y temporal de sistemas marinos explotados, principalmente los sistemas pesqueros. Sus investigaciones se han enfocado en entender la dinámica de las flotas pesqueras y las respuestas adaptativas de los pescadores ante la implementación de medidas de manejo. Actualmente cuenta con la distinción como Investigador Nacional Nivel I del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores.
María José Barragán Paladines
Charles Darwin Foundation
Ecuador
María José Barragán Paladines currently is the Science Director at the Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands. She is a long-lasting collaborator and member of the TBTI Global Partnership for Small-scale fisheries. Her research focus has been governability of MPAs under the Interactive Governance approach, food security from the sea and TD-based research for governance improvement within MPAs.
Lina María Saavedra Díaz
University of Magdalena
Colombia
Marine Biologist, with a Ph.D. in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies from the University of New Hampshire (USA). Her research is centered on the co-creation of knowledge and broadening understandings on the co-management of marine small-scale fisheries using a bottom-up (decentralized) perspective. Currently, she focuses her research on making fishing conflicts visible from an environmental justice perspective (blue justice) and on understanding the service of fishing as an essential part of human well-being. She is a Full Professor and Scientist at the Universidad del Magdalena (in the Biology and Fisheries Engineering Programs) in Santa Marta, Colombia, where she directs the Research Group on Socioecological Systems for Human Well-being.
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Bióloga Marina, con Doctorado en Recursos Naturales y Ciencias de la Tierra de la Universidad de New Hampshire (EE.UU.). Su investigación se centra en la creación conjunta de conocimientos y la ampliación de la comprensión sobre la gestión adaptativa de la pesca marina en pequeña escala utilizando una perspectiva de abajo hacia arriba (descentralizada). Actualmente, enfoca sus investigaciones en visibilizar conflictos pesqueros desde una perspectiva de justicia ambiental (justicia azul) y en comprender el servicio de la pesca como parte esencial del bienestar humano. Profesora Titular y Científica en la Universidad del Magdalena (en los Programas de Biología e Ingeniería Pesquera) en Santa Marta, Colombia, en donde dirige el Grupo de Investigación en Sistemas Socioecológicos para el Bienestar Humano.
Speakers
Juan Carlos Seijo
Universidad Marista de Mérida
Mexico
Dr. Juan Carlos Seijo obtained his MSc (1979) and Ph.D. (1986) degrees at Michigan State University in Resource Economics. He has been a scientific reviewer of many scientific journals and his academic interests and publications deal with fisheries bioeconomics, rights-based management, decision theory, risk analysis, and spatial modeling and analysis of fisheries. In 2022 received in Vigo, Spain, the Distinguished Service Award granted by the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET). Currently he is a Professor in the Doctoral Program on Bioeconomics of Fisheries and Aquaculture in the School of Natural Resources at Universidad Marista de Mérida, where he served as founding President in the period 1996-2004.
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Dr. Juan Carlos Seijo obtuvo su MSc (1979) y Ph.D. (1986) grados en la Universidad Estatal de Michigan en Economía de Recursos. Ha sido revisor científico de muchos periódicos científicos y sus intereses académicos y publicaciones tratan sobre bioeconomía pesquera, gestión basada en derechos, teoría de decisiones, análisis de riesgos y modelado espacial y análisis de pesquerías. En 2022 recibió en Vigo, España, el Premio al Servicio Distinguido que otorga el Instituto Internacional de Economía y Comercio Pesqueros (IIFET). El Dr. Seijo es actualmente Profesor del Programa de Doctorado en Bioeconomía de la Pesca y la Acuicultura en la Escuela de Recursos Naturales de la Universidad Marista de Mérida, donde se desempeñó como Presidente fundador en el período 1996-2004.
Tony Charles
Saint Mary's University
Canada
Dr. Anthony (Tony) Charles has spent his career in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research on fisheries, coasts and oceans. A special emphasis, over the past several decades, has been on small-scale fisheries, especially working in collaboration with fishers, fishing communities and Indigenous organizations. Some examples are at www.anthonycharles.ca, https://ssf-stewardship.net/ and https://www.communityconservation.net/. Tony has engaged in applied work on such topics as governance, sustainability, climate change, poverty and food security, community-based conservation, integrated ocean and coastal management, and human dimensions of the ecosystem approach and of protected areas. Tony is at Saint Mary's University (Halifax, Canada) where he is Director of the School of the Environment, a professor at the Sobey School of Business, and a Senior Research Fellow in Environment and Sustainability.
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Dr. Anthony (Tony) Charles ha dedicado su carrera a la investigación interdisciplinaria y transdisciplinaria sobre pesquerías, costas y océanos. En las últimas décadas, se ha puesto un énfasis especial en la pesca en pequeña escala, especialmente trabajando en colaboración con pescadores, comunidades pesqueras y organizaciones indígenas. Algunos ejemplos están en www.anthonycharles.ca, https://ssf-stewardship.net/ y https://www.communityconservation.net/. Tony se ha involucrado en trabajos aplicados sobre temas como la gobernanza, la sostenibilidad, el cambio climático, la pobreza y la seguridad alimentaria, la conservación basada en la comunidad, la gestión integrada de océanos y costas y las dimensiones humanas del enfoque ecosistémico y de las áreas protegidas. Tony está en la Universidad de Saint Mary (Halifax, Canadá) donde es Director de la Escuela de Medio Ambiente, profesor de la Escuela de Negocios Sobey y Investigador Senior en Medio Ambiente y Sostenibilidad.
Beatriz Mesquita Pedrosa Ferreira
Joaquim Nabuco Foundation (Fundaj)
Brazil
Beatriz is a Brazilian northeastern researcher at Joaquim Nabuco Foundation (Fundaj) in Center for Culture, Identity and Memory Studies from the Federal Government. She is also a member of ICSF since 2011. She is interested in the relations between society and environment, mainly governance, marine protected areas and artisanal fishing. In recent years, she has been committed to networking in participations such as the Artisanal Fishing Nets Web, PainelMar and the Brazilian Ocean Program (HOB). She is also the editor of a Fundaj journal and an advisor to MPA council and Fisheries Local Committee. She has PhD in Fisheries Resources and Aquaculture.
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Beatriz es investigadora del nordeste brasileño de la Fundación Joaquim Nabuco (Fundaj) en el Centro de Estudios de Cultura, Identidad y Memoria del Gobierno Federal. También es miembro de ICSF desde 2011. Está interesada en las relaciones entre la sociedad y el medio ambiente, principalmente la gobernanza, las áreas marinas protegidas y la pesca artesanal. En los últimos años, se ha comprometido a trabajar en red en participaciones como la Web de Redes de Pesca Artesanal, PainelMar y el Programa Brasileño de Océanos (HOB). También es editora de una revista Fundaj y asesora del consejo de MPA y del Comité Local de Pesca. Tiene un doctorado en Recursos Pesqueros y Acuicultura.
Edgar Torres-Irineo
Escuela Nacional de Estudios Profesionales-Mérida (ENES-UNAM)
Mexico
Obtuvo su licenciatura en Oceanología en la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, su Maestría (Biología Marina) en el Cinvestav Unidad Mérida y su Doctorado (Ecosistemas) en la Universidad de Montpellier junto con el IRD (Institut de recherche pour le développement), en Francia. Realizó dos años de posdoctorado en el Laboratorio de Pesquerías del Cinvestav Unidad Mérida. Desde el 2019 forma parte de la UNAM en la Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, Unidad Mérida (ENES Mérida). Actualmente coordina el Departamento de Sistemas y Procesos Naturales de la ENES Mérida. Su área de interés es la evaluación espacial y temporal de sistemas marinos explotados, principalmente los sistemas pesqueros. Sus investigaciones se han enfocado en entender la dinámica de las flotas pesqueras y las respuestas adaptativas de los pescadores ante la implementación de medidas de manejo. Actualmente cuenta con la distinción como Investigador Nacional Nivel I del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores.
María José Romero Herrera
Pescados y Mariscos del Caribe S.A. de C.V.
Mexico
María José Romero Herrera comes from Campeche, México. She graduated as a Biologist from the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán and holds a master's degree in beekeeping natural resources
management. She has worked for the fishing sector since 2013, as a superviser of quality
and safety in a crab processing plant located in Sabancuy, Carmen, Campeche.
Joaquín Madrigal Olán
Sociedad Cooperativa Pesquera de Escama marina "La Divina Misericordia" & Federación de Sociedad Cooperativas Pesqueras y Acuicolas "El Faro"
Mexico
Joaquín Madrigal Olán, lives in Tabasco, Mexico. Coming from a family of fishermen, he had the opportunity to study sociology, and he has made his knowledge available to the fishing sector, assisting fishing organizations in issues of cooperativism, management and governance. Joaquín is president of the Board of Directors of the Sociedad Cooperativa Pesquera de Escama marina "La Divina Misericordia" and is the president of the Federación de Sociedad Cooperativas Pesqueras y Acuicolas "El Faro". Fc de RL. He belongs to the agreements committe that includes with Pemex and the Ministry of of Energy, and the fishing sector to address conflicts and potential impacts between the exploration and exploitation of oil and the fishing sector. Sponsored by the Mexican Confederation of Fishing Cooperatives, he has taken courses on sustainable management and climate impact on fisheries. The cooperatives under his Federation have been protagonists in several fishing studies, among them “Pesca y Petróleo project”, coordinated by El Colegio de la Frontera Sur.
Plenary 5: Strengthening VALUE CHAIN
October 27, 2022
Fishery products are among the most traded food worldwide commodities and its demand keep on growing as they integrate into the global economy. Overall, developing countries export close to 50% of total export value; and small-scale fisheries (SSF) play an important role in this trade. However, the global trade not always can ensure food security of those countries and fishing communities, and the economic benefits are not necessarily balanced across value chains or among countries that trade regularly. Economically, small-scale artisanal fisheries often face power imbalances in value chains, unnecessary barriers to trade, and a lack of the appropriate skills and services to access markets with healthy products at a fair price. Recognizing SSF as an essential player in the value chain and the need to face challenges in the governance of these value chains are essential. It is necessary to ensure strengthen the existing capacity and networks to generate resilient and viable communities that can enhance sustainability in fisheries and their governance, social development, and well-being. Key questions to be addressed are how to generate resilient and viable communities to enhance SSF’s value chain sustainability and their governance, and main challenges in trading processes and how to face them.
Chairs
Silvia Salas is a professor at the Marine Resources Department at Cinvestav Unidad Merida, Mexico. Her background is in Marine Science (Cinvestav, MSc) and Resource Management and Environmental Studies (University of British Columbia, Canada, PhD). She has expertise in fisheries bio-economics and management, fleet dynamics and fishing strategies, vulnerability, and risk perception with an emphasis on small-scale fisheries. She has participated as a consultant in several FAO workshops and has collaborated as a member of the advisory committee of the WECAF Region (FAO). Currently she is the representative of Latin America in the IIFET Board Committee and represents Mexico in NAAFE Board Committee. She is also one of the collaborators in the TBTI partnership.
Silvia Salas
CINVESTAV del IPN-Mérida
Mexico
Sergio Mattos worked as a public fishery manager for the Brazilian Government for 37 years. He graduated Fishing Engineering from the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, with a Ph.D. in Marine Sciences, from the Marine Sciences Institute of Barcelona, Spain. Now an independent researcher, his work still focuses on the management of small-scale fisheries and fisheries resources assessment, with an emphasis on fisheries bioeconomics and issues relating to the implementation of public policies. This approach highlights the concepts of economic and biological sustainability and calls for careful management that includes the participation of fishers and others stakeholders. He is a longstanding member of TBTI and has contributed to numerous TBTI activities.
Sergio Macedo Gomes de Mattos
Instituto Maramar
Brazil
Academia & Organizations
Discussant: Silvia Salas
Speakers
Jorge R. Ramírez González
Charles Darwin Foundation
Mexico
Jorge es biólogo marino mexicano, actualmente Científico Pesquero senior en la Fundación Charles Darwin. Desde el 2010 vive en las islas Galápagos, Ecuador. Su principal interés es entender a las pesquerías como sistemas socio-ecológicos con metodologías intedisciplinarias y participativas.
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Jorge is a Mexican marine biologist, currently Senior Fisheries Scientist at the Charles Darwin Foundation. Since 2010 he lives in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. His main interest is to understand fisheries as socio-ecological systems with interdisciplinary and participatory methodologies.
Jorge Luis Tordecillas Guillen
Centro ostrícola tecnológico del estado de Tabasco Mexico
Jorge es Biologo con Maestría en Alta Dirección e Inteligencia Estratégica, es director del Centro Ostrícola Tecnológico del Estado de Tabasco, amplia experiencia en Producción de Moluscos Bivalvos, Productor y consultor independiente, asesoría técnica a entidades gubernamentales, cooperativas y empresas privadas en proyectos de producción de semilla y engorda de moluscos bivalvos.
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Jorge is a Biologist with a Master's Degree in Senior Management and Strategic Intelligence, is the director of the Centro Ostrícola Tecnológico del Estado de Tabasco with extensive experience in the production of bivalve mollusks, producer and independent consultant, technical advisor to government entities, cooperatives and private companies in seed production projects and fattening of bivalve mollusks.
Sarah de Oliveira
Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho
Brazil
Sarah es veterinaria, maestra en ciencias de los alimentos yestudiante de doctorado en la Universidad Estadual de São Paulo (UNESP). Su enfoque de investigación son las etapas posteriores a la captura y las relaciones de gobernanza en la cadena de valor de la pesca artesanal. Actualmente forma parte en el Colectivo Missão Pesca Artesanal y es consultora y socia fundadora de Lex Experts.
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Sarah is a veterinarian, holds a Master’s in food science and is a PhD student at the State University of São Paulo (UNESP). Her research focus is on post-harvest stages and governance relationships in the artisanal fishery value chain. She is currently part of the Colectivo Missão Pesca Artesanal and is a consultant and founding partner of Lex Experts.
Tania Mendo
University of St. Andrews
Peru
Tania es investigadora senior en la Universidad de St. Andrews, Reino Unido. Sus intereses de investigación se relacionan con el uso sostenible de los recursos marinos. Le interesa comprender cómo diferentes aspectos socioeconómicos pueden influir en la toma de decisiones de pescadores y cómo incorporar este conocimiento en medidas de manejo adecuadas.
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Tania is a senior research fellow at the University of St. Andrews, UK. Her broad research interests relate to the sustainable use of marine resources. She is interested in understanding how different socio-economic aspects can influence decision making in fishers and how to incorporate this knowledge into adequate management measures.
Eva Coronado
ENES-UNAM
Mexico
Eva es bióloga con posgrado en ciencias del mar. Su trabajo se enfoca en evaluación de pesquerías con enfoque transdisciplinario, comprensión de los sistemas socio-ecológicos y fortalecimiento de cadenas de producción. Actualmente es profesora en la Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, UNAM Unidad Mérida y consultora independiente.
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Eva is a biologist and holds a Ph.D. in marine sciences. Her work focuses on fisheries assessment with a transdisciplinary approach, analysis of socio-ecological systems, and strengthening production chains. She is currently a professor at the National School of Higher Studies, UNAM Mérida, and an independent consultant.
Fishing sector & Organizations
Discussant: Silvia Salas
Speakers
Zoila Bustamante
Confederación nacional de pescadores artesanales de Chile
Asistente de Buzo Mariscador. Desde 2004 es tesorera del Sindicato El Futuro y del 2007-2018 fue presidenta de la Federación El Pacífico de Estaquilla. Durante 2007 fungió como presidenta de la Confederación Nacional de Pescadores Artesanales de Chile, posteriormente fue Vice-presidenta de CONAPACH. Recientemente fue elegida nuevamente como presidenta de esta organización. De 2010 a la fecha há trabajado como Consejera Nacional de Pesca y durante los pasados años asumió como presidenta del Canal Tradicional de Alimentación Agro-pesquero Alimentario, CODEMA y un trabajo internacional con la FAO en Foro Mundial de Pescadores, Coalición de los Pueblos, AOED y en la Unión Latinoamericana de la Pesca Artesanal.
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Diver assistant, she was a treasurer of the union El Futuro from 2007-2018. She also was president of El Pacífico Federation of Estaquilla. During 2007 she served as president of the National Confederation of Artisanal Fishermen of Chile, later she was vice-president of CONAPACH. Recently she was elected again as president of this organization. From 2010 to date she worked as National Fisheries Advisor and during the past years she assumed as president of the Traditional Food Channel Agro-fishing Food, CODEMA and international work with FAO in the World Forum of Fishermen, People's Coalition, AOED and the Latin American Union of Artisanal Fisheries.
Carlos Chapilliquen
Caleta de Cabo Blanco
Peru
Carlos es presidente del Gremio de Pescadores Artesanales de CABO BLANCO, de la Región de Piura en Perú. Lleva 10 años como presidente del gremio y gestionando proyectos dentro del sector pesquero artesanal. Es líder y vocero contra la pesca ilegal, contaminación y corrupción y ha impulsado la formalización de las embarcaciones pesqueras artesanales dentro de su caleta. Carlos, se encuentra trabajando en la implementación del Desembarcadero Pesquero Artesanal de Cabo Blanco, luego de haber logrado su construcción. Ha organizado y promovido la Regata del Siglo cada año en el día del pescador, promoviendo la declaración de los conocimientos, saberes y prácticas de la navegación y pesca a vela como Patrimonio Cultural de la Nación por el Ministerio de Cultura del Perú.
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Carlos is President of the Artisanal Fishermen's Guild of CABO BLANCO, in the Piura Region of Peru. He has been president of the guild for 10 years and has managed various projects within the artisanal fishing sector. He is an active leader and spokesman against illegal fishing, pollution, and corruption. Carlos has promoted the formalization of artisanal fishing vessels in his cove. Among the projects his guild is working on is the implementation of the Cabo Blanco Artisanal Fishing Landing, after having achieved its construction. He has organized and promoted the Regatta of the Century every year on the day of the fisherman, which promoted the declaration of the knowledge, knowledge and practices of sailing and fishing as Cultural Heritage of the Nation by the Ministry of Culture of Peru.
Rudy Joaquin Abad Cetina
CANAIPESCA
Mexico
Empresario yucateco de formación Contador Público con maestría en Finanzas. Toda su vida ha estado ligada al mar. Cuenta con dos plantas procesadoras en Campeche y Yucatán, que exportan a USA, Canadá, China y la Unión Europea. Con un fuerte compromiso con sus proveedores creando relaciones fuertes en la cadena de valor. Participa en los proyectos de mejora pesquera de jaiba y mero. Actualmente está trabajando para llevar la planta de jaiba a otro nivel a través del aprovechamiento del 95% de lo que entra a la planta y con ello poder ser catalogado como Economía Circular.
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Yucatecan businessman by training Public Accountant with a master's degree in Finance. His whole life has been linked to the sea. He owns two processing plants in Campeche and Yucatan, that export products to USA, Canada, China, and the European Union. With a strong commitment to its suppliers, creating strong relationships in the value chain. Participates in crab and grouper fishery improvement projects. It is currently working to take the crab plant to another level using 95% of the product that enters to the plant to achieve waste of product and hence being able to operate based on the classification of Circular Economy.
Citlalli Gómez Lepe
Consejo Mexicano de promoción de los productos pesqueros y acuícolas
Mexico
Bióloga con residencias internacionales de formación. Fundadora de NEMINATURA junto con su familia en 1992. Desde entonces se dedica a la cría de truchas arco iris, rana toro y apicultura, así como al desarrollo de proyectos de pequeña escala para la agricultura y la acuicultura sostenibles y de regeneración de suelos en comunidades rurales. Actualmente es presidenta de COMEPESCA, organización nacional que promueve consumo de pescados y mariscos en México y Latinoamérica, y promotora, y fundadora de Pesca con Futuro como una herramienta de cambio hacia el mercado responsable del consumo sostenible de productos acuícolas y pesqueros.
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Biologist with international residency training. Founder of NEMINATURA, a family initiative since 1992. Since then, she has been dedicated to the breeding of rainbow trout, bullfrogs, and beekeeping, as well as the development of small-scale projects for sustainable agriculture and aquaculture and soil regeneration in rural communities. Currently she is president of COMEPESCA, a national organization that promotes seafood consumption in Mexico and Latin America. She is promoter and founder of Pesca con Futuro, as a tool for change towards a responsible market for the sustainable consumption of aquaculture and fishery products.
Plenary 6: Strengthening TRANSDISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE
October 27, 2022
In the last two decades, interest has arisen in applying transdisciplinary approaches in different academic areas and diverse stakeholders’ activities. In artisanal fisheries, this type of approach has been used from at least two main perspectives; the first one uses a conceptual framework from systems thinking and governance theories, and the second one, a framework where epistemologies or the ways in which new knowledge is created are in focus. Considering both perspectives, this session offers a stimulating opportunity to take up the arguments of the Chilean Max-Neef, who postulates that transdisciplinarity is both a tool and a “project under construction”. This plenary presents and discusses transdisciplinary experiences aimed at integrating practitioners, policymakers, and academic and non-academic stakeholders in the process of co-developing and cooperatively producing transformational solutions in small-scale fisheries. It should evaluate how this tool or project can support the solution of big questions surrounding artisanal fisheries in Latin America and the Caribbean related to their viability and sustainability, including the cohesion of fishing communities where fishermen, as a collective, collaborate and become stronger in the face of the many challenges they face.
Chairs
Minerva Arce Ibarra
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR Chetumal)
Mexico
Dr. Minerva Arce Ibarra was initially trained as a fisheries biologist, and currently, her research interests have expanded to include Commons and community-based conservation, small-scale fisheries, ecological economics, and transdisciplinary approaches applied to the viability and sustainability of small-scale production systems. Her current research project is titled ‘Socio-environmental analysis of the impacts of the massive arrival of Sargassum off the coasts of Mexico and Belize’.
Environment social scientist at the School of Global Studies at the University of Gothenburg and currently holder of a EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship at the Equalsea Lab, University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Her research focuses on the governance and socio-cultural contributions of small-scale fisheries and the application of transdisciplinarity in ocean sustainability research.
Milena Arias Schreiber
University of Gothenburg/ University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Sweden/Peru
Panel #1: Academia
Speakers
Eric Wade
Department of Coastal Studies at East Carolina University Belize
Dr. Eric Wade is an assistant professor of environmental social science in the Department of Coastal Studies at East Carolina University. He uses an interdisciplinary approach, merging the fields of conservation and social psychology with anthropology to explore human-environment interactions in coastal and marine systems. His research interests lie in understanding the role of non-monetary drivers of individual and collective decisions in how stakeholders adapt to socio-ecological change.
Ana Cinti
Centro para el Estudio de Sistemas
Marinos (CESIMAR), CCT CONICET-CENPAT
Argentina
Ana Cinti is a researcher at the Centro para el Estudio de Sistemas Marinos (CESIMAR-CONICET), located in Puerto Madryn, Chubut Province, Argentina. She has been involved in several research projects dealing with governance of small-scale fisheries and marine protected areas in Argentina and other Latin American countries.
Leandro Castello
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
US/ Chile
Leandro Castello studies the ecology and conservation of fish and fisheries in relation to global change processes. He aims to improve the state of affairs for fish resources and fishing communities. His research often includes humans, adopts an ecosystem-based perspective, and makes use of approaches from various fields.
Ana Paula Rainho
Federal University of Santa Catarina
Brazil
Ana Paula is an oceanographer with a PhD in anthropology. Member of ICSF since 2017. She coordinated the first Brasilian event focused on indigenous communities about the Voluntary Guidelines of SSF. Currently, she works with indigenous and fishing communities which livelihoods are being affected by large enterprises.
Panel #2: Transdisciplinarity in practice
Speakers
Marcelo Cruz
Traditional fisher at Sarteneja
Belize
‘The 2022 Fisher of the Year Award Winner’ of the Sarteneja Alliance for Conservation and Development was Mr. Marcelo Cruz. “He was selected for this award because of his extraordinary participation and compliance towards achieving a sustainable fishery in the Corozal Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. Mr. Cruz recognizes the significance of maintaining our natural resources and is committed to protecting the environment and the fishing industry for future generations”. Source: https://www.facebook.com/SACDBelize/.
Arturo Milán Alonso
Secretaría de Pesca y Acuacultura Sustentables de Yucatán (SEPASY)
Mexico
Arturo has 20 years of experience in research projects related to sustainable use of natural resources and rural development. From 2018 to date he is in charge of the direction of Sustainable Development and Strategic Projects of the Secretariat of Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture of Yucatan (SEPASY), wherein he promotes strategies to facilitate the advancement of programs including community projects targeting fisheries sustainability.
Alexis Nakandakari
The Nature Conservancy
Oceans Program
Peru
Alexis holds a M.Sc. in Environmental Governance from the United Nations University and a B.Sc. in biology from the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. has been working for over 10 years in marine conservation, fisheries governance and community development in Peru. His current work focuses on equitable and community-led approaches for sustainable small-scale fisheries and marine conservation in Peru. He has led key studies for TNC’s Peru Oceans Program that informed the establishment of co-management and rights-based system for benthic fisheries and the development of the first portfolio of MPA in the country. Previously, he has done fellowship and consultancy work for TNC, UNEP and Yokohama National University.
María José Barragán Paladines
Charles Darwin Foundation
Ecuador
María José Barragán Paladines currently is the Science Director at the Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands. She is a long-lasting collaborator and member of the TBTI Global Partnership for Small-scale fisheries. Her research focus has been governability of MPAs under the Interactive Governance approach, food security from the sea and TD-based research for governance improvement within MPAs.