Marine Conservation Outcomes are More Likely when Fishers Participate as Citizen Scientists: Case Studies from the Mexican Mesoamerican Reef
Small-scale fishers on Caribbean coral reefs have exploited fish spawning aggregations (FSAs) for generations, but intense fishing has led to the loss of traditional aggregation sites. In many areas, the traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of fishers has contributed greatly to the characterizatio...
Main Authors: | Stuart Fulton, Jacobo Caamal-Madrigal, Alfonso Aguilar-Perera, Luis Bourillón, William D. Heyman |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2018-06-01
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Series: | Citizen Science: Theory and Practice |
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Online Access: | https://theoryandpractice.citizenscienceassociation.org/articles/118 |
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