10 November 2022, Punta Allen, Quintana Roo State, Mexico - Jair Mendoza, and Jose Ivan Zapata, local fishermen, carry a case with lobsters to the cooperative headquarters in Punta Allen, Quintana Roo State, Mexico.
Background information
Artificial habitats were introduced as a fishing gear to harvest spiny lobster in the late 1960s. Local fishers then self-organized with a system of individual marine plots, formalized internally by the fishing cooperatives. Their management has been a successful organizational scheme and has proven the sustainability of the fishery.
