Impact reports

Climate change / Pacific ocean “It seems that climate change is already harming us all”: Complex climate change, health, and socio-ecological risks for Mexican fishing communities Pacific Ocean 2025 Fishing Refuge Zones / Marine reserves Historical reconstruction of Fishing Refuge Zones in Mexico: An innovative marine conservation and sustainable fisheries co-management tool Mexico 2025 Diving / Gulf of California Occupational health and safety concerns for hookah divers in smallscale fisheries in the Gulf of California Mexico Gulf of California 2025 Mexico Desafíos y oportunidades: Fortaleciendo las finanzas en las comunidades pesqueras Mexico 2025 Coral reef (Mesoamerica) / Illegal fishing Drivers and potential solutions for transnational Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (IUU) in the Gulf of Honduras Mesoamerican Reef 2025 Coral reef (Mesoamerica) The Nassau grouper Epinephelus striatus (Bloch, 1792): Monitoring of the spawning aggregation site ‘El Blanquizal’, southern Mexican Caribbean Mesoamerican Reef 2025 Economy / fish Value and economic impact of fuel subsidies on the Mexican fishing industry Mexico 2024 Climate change / Mexico Combining the uncombinable: corporate memories, ethnobiological observations, oceanographic and ecological data to enhance climatic resilience in small-scale fisheries Mexico 2024 Caribbean Sea / Resilience Trans-sector livelihood resilience in an urban small-scale fishing community Caribbean Sea 2024 Mexico / Sustainable fishing From bottom to up: effects of fishery improvement projects on the stock trends of multi-specific small-scale fisheries from Mexico.   Mexico 2024 protected natural areas / Sustainable fishing Small-scale fisheries in ecologically sensitive areas in Latin America and the Caribbean: Do marine protected areas benefit fisheries governance? Latin America and the Caribbean 2024 Impact / Mexico Is my fishing gear impacting the habitat? An impact assessment in four fisheries in the Northwest Mexican Pacific Mexico 2024 Octopus / Yucatán Sustainable fishing harvest rates for fluctuating fish and invertebrate stocks. Mexico 2024 Fisheries / Governance Self-governance mediates small-scale fishing strategies, vulnerability and adaptive response Gulf of California 2024 Fisheries / Gender Equality Mapa de las iniciativas de soluciones en América Latina y el Caribe que promueven la igualdad de género en el mar 2024 Economy / Mexico Who pays for sustainability in the small-scale fisheries of the Global South? Mexico 2024 Mexico / Sustainable fishing Inheriting wisdom: transfer of traditional, scientific, and ecological knowledge in fishing communities in Mexico Mexico 2024 Mexico / Sustainable fishing Nadar a contracorriente: Desafíos de la juventud en la pesca en pequeña escala en México. Mexico 2024 Climate change / Global Medición cíclica del uso de recursos bióticos: una metodología para la reconstrucción de calendarios etnobiológicos. Global 2024 Fisheries / Mexico Strong collective action enables valuable and sustainable fisheries for cooperatives. Mexico 2022 Governance / Marine ecosystem Social-ecological vulnerability to environmental extremes and adaptation pathways in small-scale fisheries of the southern California Current Pacific Ocean 2024 Fisheries / Governance Governance for the sustainability of fisheries targeting species with different degrees of mobility Mexico 2023 Fisheries / Gulf of California Integrated Management Zones: An innovative strategy for marine bivalves recovery and sustainable production in the Gulf of California Mexico Gulf of California 2023 Caribbean Sea Presence of microplastic in target species of small scale fisheries and possible social implications on the local communities Caribbean Sea 2024 Fisheries / Global Insights from a community of practice: Integrating human rights in fisheries improvement Global 2024 Gulf of California Temporal trend data (2005-2020) in density and biomass of 13 herbivorous fishes in the Gulf of California Gulf of California 2024 Marine ecosystem / Monitoring Fortalecimiento del manejo y conservación de corales en Áreas Naturales Protegidas del Pacífico mexicano mediante una red colaborativa Pacific Ocean 2023 Fisheries / Gender Equality What are the factors that enable or hinder gender equality? Lessons and experiences on gender dynamics in Mexican small-scale fisheries Mexico 2023 Marine Conservation / Marine reserves Biomass accrual benefits of community-based marine protected areas out-weight their operational costs Mexico 2023 Coral reef (Mesoamerica) / Fisheries Institutional amnesia pushes fish spawning aggregations towards extirpation Mesoamerican Reef 2023 Coral reef (Mesoamerica) / Fisheries Socioeconomic dilemmas of commercial markets for invasive species: lessons from lionfish in Mexico Mesoamerican Reef 2023 Marine Conservation / Marine reserves Integrating climate adaptation and transboundary management: Guidelines for designing climate-smart marine protected areas Global 2023 Octopus / Yucatán Genetic identification of bait to support sustainability of the Octopus fishery from the state of Yucatan, Mexico Yucatan Peninsula 2023 Fisheries / Mexico Juventudes por la pesca en México. Experiencias de las comunidades de aprendizaje y comunidades de vida Mexico 2023 Global Social sustainability and equity in the blue economy Global 2023 Mexico Opportunities and challenges for livelihoodresilience in urban and rural Mexican small-scale fisheries Mexico 2023 Caribbean Sea Socioeconomic dilemmas of commercial markets for invasive species: lessons from lionfish in Mexico Caribbean Sea 2022 Marine reserves / Mexico Protocolo de monitoreo oceanográfico, acústico pasivo y ADN ambiental Mexico 2022 Mexico / Technology El sector productivo no escapa a la digitalización: la incorporación de las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (TIC) en la pesca en pequeña escala Mexico 2023 Fisheries / History Asymmetry across international borders: Research, fishery and management trends and economic value of the giant sea bass ( Stereolepis gigas ) Pacific Ocean 2021 Biodiversity / Fisheries Marine diversity in the biosphere reserve of the most oceanic island in the Gulf of California: San Pedro Mártir Gulf of California 2021 Fisheries / Gulf of Mexico Goliath grouper Epinephelus itajara oral history, use, and conservation status in the Mexican Caribbean and Campeche Bank Gulf of Mexico 2021 Gulf of California Social-ecological networks and connectivity within and between two communities of small-scale fishers in Mexico Gulf of California 2022 Marine ecosystem / Monitoring Rapid recovery of depleted abalone in Isla Natividad, Baja California, Mexico Pacific Ocean 2022 Fisheries / Mexico Análisis de la implementación en la política pública pesquera en México (LGPAS) Mexico 2022 Fisheries / Mexico A Risk-Based Assessment to Advise the Responsible Consumption of Invertebrates, Elasmobranch, and Fishes of Commercial Interest in Mexico Mexico 2022 Marine reserves / Mexico Two Decades of Community-Based Marine Conservation Provide the Foundations for Future Action Mexico 2022 Fisheries / Gender Equality Characterization of masculinity expressions and their influence on the participation of women in Mexican small-scale fisheries Mexico 2022 Fisheries / Marine ecosystem A framework for simulating ecosystem effects for data-poor small-scale fisheries using science-based and local ecological knowledge-based models Mexico 2022 Fisheries / Gulf of Mexico Inferring ecosystem impacts of a small-scale snapper fishery through citizen science data, productivity and susceptibility analysis, and ecosystem modelling Gulf of Mexico 2022 Marine reserves / Mexico Integrating biophysical, socio-economic and governance principles into marine reserve design and management in Mexico: From theory to practice Mexico 2021 Biodiversity / Global The MPA Guide: A framework to achieve global goals for the ocean Global 2021 Fisheries / Mexico Between uncertainty and hope: Young leaders as agents of change in sustainable small-scale fisheries. Mexico 2021 Marine ecosystem / Monitoring Northernmost occurrence and geographic distribution of Scyllarides astori Holthuis, 1960 (Scyllaridae) in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Pacific Ocean 2021 Caribbean Sea / Impact Impact of SCUBA divers on the coral reefs of a national park in the Mexican Caribbean Caribbean Sea 2021 Caribbean Sea Trying to collapse a population for conservation: commercial trade of a marine invasive species by artisanal fishers Caribbean Sea 2021 COVID-19 / Mexico The voice of Mexican small-scale fishers in times of COVID-19: Impacts, responses, and digital divide. Mexico 2021 Marine ecosystem / Monitoring Variable coastal hypoxia exposure and drivers across the southern California Current Pacific Ocean 2021 Biology / Fisheries Reproductive Strategy of Dosinia ponderosa (Gray, 1838) (Veneridae) in Puerto Libertad, Sonora, Mexico Gulf of California 2020 Biology / Fisheries Growth and natural mortality of Diadema mexicanum A. Agassiz, 1863, from west-central Mexico Pacific Ocean 2020 Fisheries / Mexico Evaluating ecosystem impacts of data-limited artisanal fisheries through ecosystem modelling and traditional fisher knowledge Mexico 2020 Fisheries / Gulf of California Abundance and harvest strategy of three species of clam (Bivalvia: Veneridae) located in new fishing banks in the Gulf of California Gulf of California 2020 Biology / Fisheries Reproductive Study of Megapitaria aurantiaca (Sowerby, 1831) (Bivalvia: Veneridae) in Puerto Libertad, Sonora, Mexico Gulf of California 2020 Fisheries / Gulf of California Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning in the Northern Gulf of California, Mexico: Consolidating stewardship, property rights, and enforcement for ecosystem-based fisheries management Gulf of California 2020 Biodiversity / Climate change Geographic variation in responses of kelp forest communities of the California Current to recent climatic changes Pacific Ocean 2020 Fisheries / Gulf of California Rapidly shifting environmental baselines among fishers of the Sea of Cortez Gulf of California 2005 Fisheries / Governance How locally designed access and use controls can prevent the tragedy of the commons in a Mexican Small-Scale Fishing Community Gulf of California 2004 Biodiversity / Gulf of California Inventoring, montoring and impact assessment of the marine biodiversity in the Seri indian territory, Gulf of California, Mexico Gulf of California 2002 Fisheries / Governance Exclusive fishing zone as a strategy for managing fishery resources by the Seri indians, Gulf of California Gulf of California 2002 Biodiversity / Gulf of California Paedomorphic ossification in porpoises with an emphasis on the Vaquita (Phocoena sinus) Gulf of California 2010 Biodiversity / Biogeography Occurrence of Holacanthus clarionensis (Pomacanthidae), Stegastes leucorus, and Stegastes acapulcoensis (Pomacentridae) at Magdalena Bay, B.C.S., Mexico Pacific Ocean 2016 Caribbean Sea / Fisheries Caracterización de la pesquería de tiburón en el norte de Quintana Roo Caribbean Sea 2016 Governance / Gulf of California Ruta de sociabilización para integrar al sector productivo en el diseño de una red de zonas de recuperación pesquera en la Región de las Grandes Islas, Golfo de California Gulf of California 2016 Caribbean Sea / Fisheries Fostering fisheries management efficiency through collaboration networks: the case of the Kanan Kay Alliance in the Mexican Caribbean Caribbean Sea 2016 Biodiversity / Gulf of California Zostera marina meadows from the Gulf of California: conservation status Gulf of California 2016 Fisheries / Governance The unintended consequences of formal fisheries policies: Social disparities and resource overuse in a major fishing community in the Gulf of California, Mexico Gulf of California 2009 Fisheries Consilience in fisheries science Global 2008 Biodiversity / Biogeography The invasive seaweed Sargassum filicinum (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) is on the move along the Mexican Pacific coastline Pacific Ocean 2012 Fisheries / Gulf of California The value of evidence about past abundance marine fauna of the Gulf of California through the eyes of 16th to 19th century travellers Gulf of California 2006 Fisheries / Gulf of California Commercial diving and the callo de hacha fishery in Seri territory Gulf of California 2006 Fisheries / Gulf of California Using fishers’ anecdotes, naturalists’ observations and grey literature to reassess marine species at risk: the case of the Gulf grouper in the Gulf of California, Mexico Gulf of California 2005 Biodiversity / Gulf of California Population genetics of the swimming crab Callinectes bellicosus (Brachyura: Portunidae) from the eastern Pacific Ocean Gulf of California 2005 Fisheries / Gulf of California Aplicación del enfoque ecosistémico al manejo de pesquerías artesanales. Caso de estudio: Puerto Libertad, Sonora Gulf of California 2014 Biodiversity / Gulf of California Asymmetric connectivity of spawning aggregations of a commercially important marine fish using a multidisciplinary approach Gulf of California 2014 Civil Society Organization / Fisheries The changing role of NGOs in Mexican small-scale fisheries: from environmental conservation to multi-scale governance Gulf of California 2014 Biodiversity / Gulf of California Sexual dimorphism and developmental patterns in the external morphology of the vaquita, Phocoena sinus Gulf of California 2014 Biodiversity / Gulf of California Dynamic connectivity patterns from an insular marine protected area in the Gulf of California Gulf of California 2014 Fisheries / Gulf of California PANGAS: an interdisciplinary ecosystem- based research framework for small-scale fisheries in the Northern Gulf of California Gulf of California 2015 Marine reserves / Pacific ocean Marine reserves help preserve genetic diversity after impacts derived from climate variability: lessons from the pink abalone in Baja California Pacific Ocean 2015 Fisheries / Gulf of California Difundiendo los instrumentos legales para el aprovechamiento sustentable de la jaiba en Sonora, México Gulf of California 2015 Fisheries / Gulf of California Mapeo topológico de los actores involucrados en el manejo de la pesquería de jaiba café Callinectes bellicosus en Sonora, México Gulf of California 2015 Fisheries / Gulf of California Concentración de mercurio y plaguicidas organoclorados (poc) en tejido comestible de jaiba café Callinectes bellicosus de las costas de Sonora y Sinaloa, México Gulf of California 2015 Biodiversity / Biogeography The nearshore fishes of the Cedros Archipelago (North-Eastern Pacific) and their biogeographic affinities Pacific Ocean 2015 Fisheries / Gulf of California A bibliographic and field record chronology of sharks at Cabo. Pulmo National Park, Gulf of California Gulf of California 2016 Fisheries / Gulf of California Vida de anaquel del músculo abductor de callo de hacha Atrina maura (Sowerby, 1835) almacenado a 4°C Gulf of California 2012 Fisheries / Sustainability Standards Ecomarkets for conservation and sustainable development in the coastal zone Mexico 2012 Climate change / Marine reserves Evidence that marine reserves enhance resilience to climatic impacts Pacific Ocean 2012 Fisheries / Gulf of California Integrating the spatial and temporal dimensions of fishing activities for management in the Northern Gulf of California, Mexico Gulf of California 2012 Fisheries / Pacific ocean The historical ecology of abalone (Haliotis Corrugata and Fulgens) in the Mexican Pacific Pacific Ocean 2012 Fisheries / Governance The emergence of access controls in small-scale fishing commons: a comparative analysis of individual licenses and common property-rights in two mexican communities Gulf of California 2012 Gulf of California / Impact Implementation of a marine reserve has a rapid but short-lived effect on recreational angler use Gulf of California 2012 Biology / Fisheries Reproductive potential can predict recruitment rates in abalone Pacific Ocean 2013 Biodiversity / Gulf of California Marine conservation planning in practice: lessons learned from the Gulf of California Gulf of California 2013 Civil Society Organization / Fisheries Acción sin daño: un análisis de las intervenciones de una organización de la sociedad civil ambientalista en comunidades costeras del Noroeste de México Gulf of California 2018 Biodiversity / Biogeography Functional diversity of fish and invertebrates in coral and rocky reefs of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Pacific Ocean 2017 Fisheries / Mexico Potencial económico de la captura de peces de ornato bajo protección federal en México Mexico 2017 Biodiversity / Biogeography Color pattern anomaly of the spotted pufferfish Arothron meleagris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) in the Gulf of California, Mexico Gulf of California 2017 Gulf of California / Marine reserves Definición de herramientas para el manejo sustentable de los recursos pesqueros en la Isla San Pedro Nolasco (Guaymas, Sonora, México) desde un enfoque participativo multisectorial Gulf of California 2017 Biodiversity / Caribbean Sea A case for redefining the boundaries of the Mesoamerican Reef Ecoregion Caribbean Sea 2017 Biodiversity / Biology Growth and mortality of the king angelfish, Holacanthus passer (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Pomacanthidae), in the central Gulf of California, Mexico Gulf of California 2016 Fisheries / Governance Biological and ecological mechanisms supporting marine self-governance: the Seri callo de hacha fishery in Mexico Gulf of California 2008 Governance / Gulf of California Governance and effects of marine reserves in the Gulf of California, Mexico Gulf of California 2009 Fisheries / Sustainability Standards Sustainability and global seafood Global 2010 Biodiversity / Gulf of California Microsatellite loci for the blue swimming crab (Callinectes bellicosus) (Crustacea: Portunidae) from the Gulf of California, Mexico Gulf of California 2010 Biodiversity / Biogeography Northernmost Occurrence of Zanclus cornutus(Zanclidae) in the Eastern Pacific (Northern Gulf of California, Mexico) Gulf of California 2018 Climate change / Gulf of California Designing connected marine reserves in the face of global warming Gulf of California 2018 Biodiversity / Biogeography Occurrence of Glaucus atlanticus in the Midriff Islands region, Gulf of California, Mexico Gulf of California 2018 Biodiversity / Biogeography Functional biogeography of the reef fishes of the islands of the Gulf of California: integrating functional divergence into marine conservation Gulf of California 2018 Climate change / Fisheries Local response to global uncertainty: insights from experimental economics in small-scale fisheries Pacific Ocean 2018 Citizen science / Marine reserves Halfway to sustainability: Management lessons from community-based, marine no-take zones in the Mexican Caribbean Mexico 2018 Biodiversity / Biogeography Biological notes, taxonomy and distribution of Phthanophaneron harveyi (Rosenblatt & Montgomery, 1976) (Trachichthyiformes: Anomalopidae) in the mid-Gulf of California, Mexico Gulf of California 2018 Governance / Gulf of California Synthesizing ecological and human use information to understand and manage coastal change Gulf of California 2018 Fisheries / Gulf of California Bases para el ordenamiento de la pesca artesanal con la participación del sector productivo en la Región de las Grandes Islas Gulf of California 2018 Gulf of California / Marine reserves The role of stakeholder perceptions and institutions for marine reserve efficacy in the Midriff Islands Region, Gulf of California, Mexico Gulf of California 2018 Fisheries / Mexico Criterios internacionales de sustentabilidad pesquera: ¿Dónde estamos y qué necesitamos para mejorar? Mexico 2018 Caribbean Sea / Citizen science Marine conservation outcomes are more likely when fishers participate as citizen scientists: case studies from the Mexican mesoamerican reef Caribbean Sea 2018 Climate change / Fisheries Harnessing marine microclimates for climate change adaptation and marine conservation Pacific Ocean 2018 Biodiversity / Biogeography Latitudinal variation in structure and function of conspicuous reef fish assemblages along the western Gulf of California Gulf of California 2018 Climate change / Fisheries Local oceanographic variability influences the performance of juvenile abalone under climate change Pacific Ocean 2018 Fisheries / Gulf of California Mercury concentrations in seafood and the associated risk in women with high fish consumption from coastal villages of Sonora, Mexico Gulf of California 2018 Fisheries / Gulf of California Morphometric relationship, growth parameters, and natural mortality as estimated primary inputs for fishery management in new fishing areas for bivalve molluscs (Bivalvia: Veneridae) Gulf of California 2018 Biodiversity / Marine ecosystem A mass-balanced food web model for a kelp forest ecosystem near its southern distributional limit in the northern hemisphere Pacific Ocean 2018 Citizen science / Mexico Untapped potential of citizen science in Mexican small-scale fisheries Mexico 2019 Fisheries / Gender Equality Women’s empowerment, collective actions, and sustainable fisheries: lessons from Mexico Mexico 2019 Biodiversity / Conservation A metadata approach to evaluate the state of ocean knowledge: strengths, limitations, and application to Mexico 2019 Gulf of California / Marine reserves Ecological guidelines for designing a network of marine reserves in the unique biophysical environment of the Gulf of California Gulf of California 2018 Biodiversity / Biogeography Listado actualizado de peces del arrecife de Cabo Pulmo, Golfo de California, México Gulf of California 2018 Biodiversity Echinoderm functional diversity does not correlate with the protection level of marine protected areas in the mexican Pacific Pacific Ocean 2020 Biodiversity / Caribbean Sea Should we protect extirpated fish spawning aggregation sites? Caribbean Sea 2020 Caribbean Sea / Fisheries Achieving coordination of decentralized fisheries governance through collaborative arrangements: a case study of Sian Ka´an Biosphere Reserve in Mexico Caribbean Sea 2020 Impact / Marine reserves An interdisciplinary evaluation of community-based TURF-reserves Mexico 2019 Impact / Marine reserves Do marine reserves increase prey for California sea lions and Pacific harbor seals? Pacific Ocean 2019