1st Edition
Marine and Fisheries Policies in Latin America A Comparison of Selected Countries
This book reviews the frameworks and implementation of marine, fishery and coastal laws and policies in Chile, Mexico and Peru.
Chile, Mexico and Peru share biodiverse coastal and marine environments which are being affected by unregulated and informal developments, and thus share similar challenges. Each country is currently at a different stage of advancement in their institutional response to these complex challenges. By providing a comparison of the frameworks, approaches and overall implementation of policies and laws, this book acts as a tool to influence and inform further efforts in conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, particularly fisheries, in these countries and others in Latin America and the Caribbean. A broad range of issues are covered including food security, tourism, fisheries, oil and mineral extraction from the seabed, wind power, coastal and marine pollution and endangered species conservation. The chapters compare how each country addresses these issues from an institutional, legal and policy perspective. The book concludes by identifying common lessons, reoccurring challenges and develops scalable recommendations applicable to the case study countries and the wider region.
The book will be of interest to advanced students, policy makers and researchers in marine and fishery science, law and policy.
Foreword by Pedro Solano
Prologue by Juan Carlos Castilla
Introduction
Manuel Ruiz, Rodrigo Oyanedel and Bruno Monteferri
1. Marine, coastal and fisheries issues in Chile, Mexico and Peru: an initial institutional and policy review
Bruno Monteferri and Manuel Ruiz Muller
2. Industrial fisheries in Latin America: challenges and lessons from Chile, Mexico and Peru
Santiago de la Puente and Rocío López de la Lama
3. Marine bioprospecting
Liliana Pardo Lopez
4. Illegal fishing and non-compliance
Rodrigo Oyanedel
5. Extractive Industries in coastal and marine zones
Andrea Cuba
6. Marine protected areas
Pedro Solano and Alfredo Gálvez
7. Marine and coastal planning
Fernando A. Rosete Vergés
8. From customary law to the implementation of safeguard measures: the case of "Marine and Coastal Areas for Indigenous Peoples" in Chile
Luciano Hiriart-Bertrand, Jose Manuel Troncoso, Carlos I. Vargas and Alejandro Correa
9. Protection of migratory marine species
Ximena Velez-Zuazo
10. Prevention of marine pollution from litter in Peru
Irene Hofmeijer
11. Collective Action Spaces and Transformations in the Governance of Fisheries Resources: Towards Democratic and Deliberative Management
Rodrigo A. Estévez, Stefan Gelcich
12. The legal protection of surf breaks: an option for conservation and development
Bruno Monteferri, Manuel Ruiz and Christel Scheske
Epilogue
Manuel Ruiz, Rodrigo Oyanedel and Bruno Monteferri
Biography
Manuel Ruiz Muller is Senior Advisor and Researcher for the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law, Peru.
Rodrigo Oyanedel is a PhD researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science, University of Oxford.
Bruno Monteferri is Director of the Marine Governance Initiative and Director of We Conserve by Nature at the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law, Peru.
