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Catch shares team in Belize from Environmental Defense Fund, Wildlife Conservation Society, and Belize Fisheries Department.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Fish Forever” \u2013 the motto of Belize’s fishermen.\u00a0 Last week the Government of Belize in partnership<\/a><\/strong> with Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) took a major step towards fulfilling that vision with a vote by Belize’s cabinet to authorize the implementation of catch shares in its network of marine protected areas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Belize’s decision will protect the country\u2019s magnificent Mesoamerican Reef and promote the vitality of its fishing industry,\u201d said Larry Epstein<\/a><\/strong>, Mesoamerican Reef Program Manager for EDF, “This substantially adds to the growing list of successful conservation measures Belize is using to preserve its oceans for future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a first step, the Belize Fisheries Department will implement their design for TURFs<\/a><\/strong> and catch limits for spiny lobster in 2011 and 2012 in Glover’s Reef and Port Honduras Marine Reserves.\u00a0 Belize has already taken the first steps for allocating access to TURFs, creating a monitoring regime, and creating committees of fishermen to participate in the implementation and management of catch shares.<\/p>\n

“Catch shares will assist in enforcing marine laws and ensure that fishermen are part and parcel of the enforcement, and respected as custodians because it will be part of their livelihoods that they will be protecting.”<\/p>\n

– Hon. Rene Montero, Belize Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Cooperatives<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In 2009 EDF created a partnership between the Government of Belize Fisheries Department, Wildlife Conservation Society<\/a><\/strong>, and the leading Belizean conservation NGO – the Toledo Institute for Development and Environment<\/strong> <\/a>(TIDE).\u00a0 Our coalition achieved this milestone in Belize through an education campaign that engaged fishermen, policy makers, elected officials, and government managers of marine reserves.\u00a0 EDF’s team of economists, scientists, and catch shares experts built Belize’s technical capacity for catch shares and helped develop the catch share design \u2013 including Rod Fujita, Kate Bonzon, Laura Rodriguez, Jake Kritzer, Doug Rader, Tom Lalley, and Tesia Love.\u00a0\u00a0 The Government of Belize has stated a vision for catch shares in all marine reserves, and for the commercial lobster fishery.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Monkey River Fishing Boats in Belize<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fishermen in Belize understand first-hand and have been advocating catch shares since EDF, WCS, and TIDE began working in their communities.\u00a0 According to one fisherman from Placencia, a fishing community in southern Belize, \u201cEvery year for the past ten years we have had a decline in lobster production.\u00a0 That is due to, I think, to overfishing and a general decline in product itself.\u201d\u00a0 Now Belize and its fishermen have a tool at their disposal that protects its oceans, while at the same time supporting the livelihoods and food security for the people that depend on its resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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“Fish Forever” \u2013 the motto of Belize’s fishermen. Last week the Government of Belize in partnership with Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) took a major step towards fulfilling that vision with a vote by Belize’s cabinet to authorize the implementation of catch shares in its network of marine protected areas.
\n“Belize’s decision will protect the country\u2019s magnificent Mesoamerican Reef and promote the vitality of its fishing industry,\u201d said Larry Epstein, Mesoamerican Reef Program Manager for EDF.<\/p>\n

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