MARINE CONSERVATION

Our purpose is to preserve marine and coastal areas ecologically important, as well as key marine resources in the Gulf of California and in the Pacific Ocean. To achieve this, we work closely with fishing communities, other resources users and with various social, private and government institutions.

We use five strategies to approach social and environmental issues that cause the degradation and loss of species, habitats and ecological processes in our region. These strategies are:

• The creation of marine protected areas and the strengthening of their management systems, as well as other protection and territorial management schemes.


• The development of sustainable fishing practices.


• The encouragement of alternative economic activities for coastal communities.


• The development of participative governance schemes for marine and coastal management and conservation.


• The strengthening of public policies to encourage conservation of coastal and marine resources.