Viability and Sustainability of Small-Scale Fisheries in Latin America and The Caribbean

Covers a variety of small-scale fisheries issues in different contexts, from Islands to the continent, offering a wide range of themes that are being discussed by government and non-governmental organizations

Case studies offer lessons learned in terms of vulnerability concerns, market dynamics, social capital and institutional and legal frameworks of SSF, which is a priority for many countries in LAC and worldwide; contributing therefore to the implementation of the SSF Guidelines in the region

Contributors to the book are experts and specialists from different disciplines within the Latin America and the Caribbean region who have an extensive experience working in the region

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Part 1. Introduction.- Chapter 1. Big Questions About Sustainability and Viability in Small-Scale Fisheries.- Chapter 2. Overview of Small-Scale Fisheries in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and Prospects.- Part 2. Issues Challenges and Threats.- Chapter 3. Adaptive Capacity to Coastal Disasters: Challenges and Lessons from Small-Scale Fishing Communities in Central-Southern Chile.- Chapter 4. Small-Scale Fisheries on the Pacific Coast of Colombia: Historical Context, Current Situation and Future Challenges.- Chapter 5. Cooperation, Competition and Attitude Towards Risk of Small-Scale Fishers as Adaptive Strategies: The Case of Yucatan, Mexico.- Chapter 6. Drivers of Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change in Coastal Fishing Communities of Tabasco, Mexico.- Part 3. Monitoring Management and conservation.- Chapter 7. From Fishing Fish to Fishing Data: The Role of Artisanal Fishers in Conservation and Resource Management in Mexico.- Chapter 8. Assessing and Managing Small-Scale Fisheries in Belize.- Chapter 9. Exclusive Fishing Zone for Small-Scale Fisheries in Northern Chocó, Colombia: Pre- and Post-Implementation.- Chapter 10. The Challenge of Managing Amazonian Small-Scale Fisheries in Brazil.- Chapter 11. Moving From Stock Assessment to Fisheries Management in Mexico: The Finfish Fisheries From the Southern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.- Part 4. Socio-Economic, Markets and Livelihoods.- Chapter 12. Socio-Economic Monitoring for Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries: Lessens from Brazil, Jamaica, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.- Chapter 13. Values Associated With Reef-Related Fishing in the Caribbean: A Comparative Study of St. Kitts and Nevis, Honduras, and Barbados.- Chapter 14. The Contribution of Small-Scale Fisheries to Food Security and Family Income in Chile, Colombia, and Peru.- Chapter 15. Seafood Supply Chain Structure of the Fishing Industry of Yucatan, Mexico.- Chapter 16. Analyzing Fishing Effort Dynamics in a Multispecies Artisanal Fisheryin Costa Rica: Social and Ecological System Linkages.- Chapter 17. The Embrace of Liwa Mairin: Lobster Diving and Sustainable Livelihoods on the Nicaraguan Miskitu Coast.- Part 5. Communities, Stewardship, and Governance.- Chapter 18. Collaborative Coastal Management in Brazil: Advancements, Challenges and Opportunities.- Chapter 19. Where Small-Scale Fisheries Meet Conservation Boundaries: MPA Governance Challenges in Southern Brazil.- Chapter 20. Supporting Enhancement of Stewardship in Small-Scale Fisheries: Perceptions of Governance Among Caribbean Coral Reef Fishers.- Chapter 21. Existing Institutional and Legal Framework and Its Implications for Small-Scale Fisheries Development in Brazil.- Chapter 22. Exploring the Governability of Small-Scale Fisheries in Ecuador and Galapagos Islands Under the Buen Vivir Principle.- Part 5. Conclusions.- Chapter 23. Drivers and Prospects for the Sustainability and Viability of Small-Scale Fisheries in Latin America and the Caribbean. <p