{"id":2884,"date":"2011-07-07T14:36:23","date_gmt":"2011-07-07T18:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/?p=2884"},"modified":"2014-10-29T11:39:07","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T15:39:07","slug":"belize-inaugurates-new-managed-access-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2011\/07\/07\/belize-inaugurates-new-managed-access-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Belize Inaugurates New Managed Access Program to Prevent and End Overfishing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On July 1, the Government of Belize inaugurated a managed access program for its marine reserves in order to prevent and end overfishing of important commercial species that are key to Belize\u2019s marine environment and coastal economy.\u00a0 This Managed Access system is a major win for the conservation of Belize\u2019s magnificent barrier reef as well as for the livelihoods of fishermen and Belize\u2019s food security.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2886\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2886\" style=\"width: 283px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2011\/07\/MinisterMontero.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2886\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2011\/07\/MinisterMontero.jpg\" alt=\"Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture Hon. Rene Montero inaugurated Belize\u2019s managed access program to an audience of 60 fishermen, conservation NGOs, and government agencies.\" width=\"283\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture, Hon. Rene Montero, inaugurated Belize\u2019s managed access program to an audience of 60 fishermen, conservation NGOs, and government agencies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Managed Access is a major shift in the paradigm from open access fisheries to a limited access area-based system.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2010\/04\/29\/belize-nytimes\/\" target=\"_self\">EDF has worked<\/a> with a network of Belizean partners for over three years to achieve this milestone. Belize\u2019s Fisheries Administrator, Beverly Wade, summed up perfectly the significance of this new program, \u201c[The Managed Access program] is not only to allow traditional fishers to have greater participation in the management of the resources, but to also allow them to derive greater benefits from those resources.\u201d\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Managed Access program is already underway with 100 percent commercial catch monitoring being phased-in at the two pilot sites \u2013 Port Honduras and Glover\u2019s Reef Marine Reserves.\u00a0 This week begins a three week process of allocating the area-based licenses.\u00a0 For nearly six months now, committees of fishermen and other stakeholders in the fishing communities have been working to design and implement this licensing system.\u00a0 They are now seeing their efforts rewarded.<\/p>\n<p>Anna Martinez who has been fishing in Port Honduras since she was seven years old said, \u201cI love the idea because for many years we take a hard packing with people from outside. We take care of our product and somebody just come and take it, and so we feel if the government will help, we need for them to push and we will support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>EDF\u2019s team and partners in Belize are committed to working to ensure the system in Port Honduras and Glover\u2019s Reef now works effectively.\u00a0 We will continue to support the Government of Belize as it expands managed access to its entire network of marine reserves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2011\/07\/07\/belize-inaugurates-new-managed-access-program\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On July 1, the Government of Belize inaugurated a managed access program for its marine reserves in order to prevent and end overfishing of important commercial species that are key to Belize\u2019s marine environment and coastal economy.  This Managed Access system is a major win for the conservation of Belize\u2019s magnificent barrier reef as well as for the livelihoods of fishermen and Belize\u2019s food security.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;a href=&quot;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1948,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[513],"tags":[72535,597],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-2884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-belize","tag-belize","tag-fisheries-management"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Belize Inaugurates New Managed Access Program to Prevent and End Overfishing - EDFish<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2011\/07\/07\/belize-inaugurates-new-managed-access-program\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Belize Inaugurates New Managed Access Program to Prevent and End Overfishing - EDFish\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On July 1, the Government of Belize inaugurated a managed access program for its marine reserves in order to prevent and end overfishing of important commercial species that are key to Belize\u2019s marine environment and coastal economy. 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