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Originally posted in Rare Dispatches,<\/a> Author:\u00a0J.M. McCord<\/em><\/p>\n

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Fishers in Loreto, Mexico, play Go Fish! with different-colored candy representing juvenile and adult fish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ulises Mendez, Rare program manager in Mexico, waited for the cackles to subside before asking the fishers what they had learned. The fishers had just completed a candy-grabbing game designed to expose the benefits of good fishery management.<\/a><\/p>\n

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) first exposed Mendez to the game during a workshop a couple years ago. Many versions of the game exist involving a variety of props and customizations. The essential elements are:<\/p>\n

1<\/strong>\u00a0A proxy for the ocean \u2014 \u201cIn our regional training we did the fishing game in a pool,\u201d says Sarilani Wirawan, Rare senior program manager in Indonesia. \u201cThe more water, the more fun.\u201d Typically, a table will do.<\/p>\n

2<\/strong>\u00a0Fish stand-ins \u2014 any material available will suffice, ranging from rocks, peanuts and shells to goldfish cut-outs or action figures, but the most popular option is candy. Mendez used multi-colored candy to represent different types of fish such as juveniles and adults.<\/p>\n

3<\/strong>\u00a0Some versions also include props for different fishing gear or plates for no-fishing areas. The specifics can be tweaked for relevance to a region\u2019s laws and threats.<\/p>\n

\u201cParticipants always learn new insights into sustainable fisheries management, fisheries economics or the fishing industry in general.\u201d\u00a0-Ashley Apel of EDF.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In Loreto, Mexico, Mendez had fishers use spoons and tongs for nets and hook-and-line fishing because those are their primary fishing methods. Many of Rare\u2019s projects on sustainable fishing, including those managed by Mendez, use the game to highlight how working together and different management tools increase long-term benefits for fishers.<\/p>\n

Mendez took the Loreto fishers through three rounds of the game:<\/p>\n

Round 1<\/strong>\u00a0Anarchy \u2014 in a fixed amount of time, say 60 seconds, fishers had open access to candy (fish) on the table (ocean). They emptied the ocean very quickly.<\/p>\n

Round 2<\/strong>\u00a0One Management tool \u2014 for example, the fishers could only take adult fish and were fined, in candy payments, for taking juveniles.<\/p>\n

Round 3<\/strong>\u00a0Rights and reserves \u2014 the rules are adapted for additional management layers such as user rights and no-fishing zones. Essentially, Mendez tweaked the rules so fishers created a candy-land territorial user right for fisheries with a no-fishing zone (TURF-reserve).<\/p>\n

The game got a huge laugh out of the salt-stained and sun-weathered men. Even though they are savvy fishers and know the consequences of overfishing, they could not believe they hoarded all the candy. \u201cParticipants always learn new insights into sustainable fisheries management, fisheries economics or the fishing industry in general,\u201d says Ashley Apel of EDF.<\/p>\n

Mendez discovered that fishers who play the game conclude they should play a role in enforcement. Fishers do not need to depend on authorities, rather they can apply sanctions internally against their fishing cooperative members who do not follow the rules of \u201cGo Fish!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Ulises Mendez, Rare program manager in Mexico, waited for the cackles to subside before asking the fishers what they had learned. The fishers had just completed a candy-grabbing game designed to expose the benefits of good fishery management.<\/p>\n

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