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Unknown Island: Seri Indians, Europeans, and San Esteban Island in the Gulf of California

01 May 2000-
About: The article was published on 2000-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 36 citations till now.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors trace the evolution, governance, and effects of three marine reserve (no-take zones) initiatives in the Gulf of California, Mexico: Loreto Bay National Park, Puerto Penasco, and San Pedro Martir Island Biosphere Reserve.

67 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe how biological and ecological factors give shape to fishing practices that can contribute to the successful self-governance of a small-scale fishing system in the Gulf of California, Mexico.
Abstract: My goal was to describe how biological and ecological factors give shape to fishing practices that can contribute to the successful self-governance of a small-scale fishing system in the Gulf of California, Mexico. The analysis was based on a comparison of the main ecological and biological indicators that fishers claim to use to govern their day-to-day decision making about fishing and data collected in situ. I found that certain indicators allow fishers to learn about differences and characteristics of the resource system and its units. Fishers use such information to guide their day-to-day fishing decisions. More importantly, these decisions appear unable to shape the reproductive viability of the fishery because no indicators were correlated to the reproductive cycle of the target species. As a result, the fishing practices constitute a number of mechanisms that might provide short-term buffering capacity against perturbations or stress factors that otherwise would threaten the overall sustainability and self-governance of the system. The particular biological circumstances that shape the harvesting practices might also act as a precursor of self-governance because they provide fishers with enough incentives to meet the costs of organizing the necessary rule structure that underlies a successful self-governance system.

55 citations

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TL;DR: It is suggested that the less toxic diphacinone and cholecalciferol may be useful alternatives to brodifacoum for some island eradication programs, and that Applied field research is needed on less toxic rodenticides, as well as improving palatability of baits.

52 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the performance of a system based on individual licenses and a common property-rights regime in their ability to generate incentives for self-governance and conservation of fishery resources is analyzed.
Abstract: Addressing global fisheries overexploitation requires better understanding of how small-scale fishing communities in developing countries limit access to fishing grounds. We analyze the performance of a system based on individual licenses and a common property-rights regime in their ability to generate incentives for self-governance and conservation of fishery resources. Using a qualitative before-after-control-impact approach, we compare two neighbouring fishing communities in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Both were initially governed by the same permit system, are situated in the same ecosystem, use similar harvesting technology, and have overharvested similar species. One community changed to a common property-right regime, enabling the emergence of access controls and avoiding overexploitation of benthic resources, while the other community, still relies on the permit system. We discuss the roles played by power, institutions, socio-historic, and biophysical factors to develop access controls.

51 citations

01 Jan 2002
Abstract: ......................................................................... 15 CHAPTER 1 THE SERI PEOPLE AND THEIR USE OF MARINE NATURAL RESOURCES ....................................... 17 A. SERI TERRITORY ..................................................... 17 Historical Occupation of the Coastal Region ................... 17 Present extension of the Seri territory ........................... 21 B. SERI SOCIO-CULTURAL SETTING AND USE OF MARINE NATURAL RESOURCES .............................. 23 The Use of Marine Natural Resources by the Seri ............. 23 Past Relationships of Seri with Neighbouring Communities 1600-1930 ........................................................... 25 1. Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries ............... 27 2. Nineteenth Century ..................................... 29 3. Twentieth Century, until 1930s ....................... 30 Modern Developments from 1940s to 2000 .................... 35 1. Developments from 1940s to 1960s ................. 35 2. Developments from the 1970s to 2000 .............. 51 C. SERI SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND CHANGES PROMPTED BY EXTERNAL ORGANIZATION STRUCTURES ........................................................ 61 Historical Accounts on Seri Social Organizations ............. 61 Changes in Social Organization caused by external institutional structures, from 1940s to 1990s ................................. 62 1. Seri Fishing Cooperative ............................. 63 2. Ejido of Desemboque and Punta Chueca .......... 63 3. Tiburón Island Comunal Property .................. 64 4. The Council of the Elders ........................... 64

31 citations