Projects

1. Improving fisheries management and biodiversity conservation in the Port Honduras Marine Reserve, Belize.

To implement ‘managed access’ as a first step to an economically viable fisheries for the benefit of traditional fishers of Port Honduras Marine Reserve.

2. Enforcement enhancement at the South Water Caye Marine Reserve (SWCMR), Belize

To decrease illegal activities occurring in the marine reserve by 25% by the end of the life span of the project.

3. Negotiation between stakeholders for the design and implementation of a fish restocking area in Bahia La Graciosa, Punta de Manabique Wildlife Refuge, Guatemala

To resolve fishing issues through the participation of all stakeholders in the implementation of a fisheries recovery area within La Graciosa Bay.

4. Developing management tools and capacity building to provide the foundation for rights-based fisheries and enhanced efficacy of MPA management in Honduras.

To build on existing expertise from within Utila Center for Marine Ecolgy –UCME-, Roatan Marine Park –RMP- and Bay Islands Conservation Association –BICA, Roatan- to collect and analyze datasets that can be used as the foundation to develop rights-based fisheries management in and around the protected areas of Utila and Roatan (Bay Islands) and provide the tools with which to measure the efficacy of the marine management strategies in these areas.  

5. Community based marine reserves in the Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve, México.

To consolidate the implementation of four marine reserves (fisheries recovery areas) in Banco Chinchorro co-working with the fishing communities and authorities to make it successful.

6. Reef restoration network and integration of a rapid response team for events that impact the Mesoamerican Reef, Mexico.

To develop a workshop to gather together the people and organizations involved in coral reef restoration within the MAR region and take this opportunity to establish the MAR reef restoration network.