Our ProgramsSustainable Fisheries & Aquaculture
Sustainable Fisheries & Aquaculture
We will promote and advise the regional and national fisheries sector.
We will promote and advise the regional and national fisheries sector, so that a third of the annual regional productions of commercial fisheries are produced and marketed following the fisheries improvement project and social responsibility and fair-trade certification models.
CEDO Intercultural has been working for decades on studying and understanding the regional sociobiological fishing dynamics, the restoration of commercial fishing resources (sea snail and spiny oyster scallop), the promotion of fishing management models with an ecosystem approach, the development and implementation of environmental impact assessments in protected natural areas, and the collaborative design of regional fisheries management proposals.
This experience demonstrates the economic, social and environmental advantages of adopting best fishing practices, social responsibility certifications, and innovative approaches.
Where we work
Local Context
The northern Gulf of California is one of the most productive fishing regions in the world, due to the complex interaction of oceanographic, physiographic and biological processes.
This activity supports nearly 5,000 fishermen who operate 2,000 small vessels and 140 boats, and is focused on 16 priority fisheries that include more than 50 target and secondary species.
In sport fishing there are 16 main species of which the most appreciated are:
- Gulf Grouper Mycteroperca jordani.
- Leopard Grouper Mycteroperca rosacea.
- Spotted Grouper Epinehelus analogus.
- Giant Sea Bass Pescado Stereolepis gigas.
- Amarillo Snapper Lutjanus argentiventris.
- White Sea Bass Atractoscion nobilis.
- Goldspotted Sand Bass Paralabrax aurogutus.
Ability to do bivalve mollusks aquaculture including:
- Japanese oyster Crassostrea gigas.
- Smooth Venus Chione fluctifraga.
- Pacific Geoduck Panopea generosa.
- Catarina Clam Argopecten circularis.
- Dosinia Clam Dosinia ponderosa.
- Giant Lion’s Paw Lyropecten (Nodipecten) subnodosus.
- Frilled Venus Chione undatella.
- California Venus Chione californiensis.
- Mexican Chocolate Clam Megapitaria squalida.
- Red Clam Megapitaria aurantiaca.
- Rugosa Pen Shell Pinna rugosa.
- Pen Shell Atrina Maura Atrina maura.
- Tuberculate Pen Shell Atrina tuberculosa.
What we do
Our Goals.
- Demonstrate the economic advantages of practicing recommendations generated from the fisheries management regulations for the Peñasco-Lobos Biological Fishing Corridor.
- Promote the management of the Upper Gulf of California, and continue to manage the adoption of results and recommendations resulting from the official and voluntary regulatory frameworks.
- Promote cooperation for marine and coastal conservation, effective fishing activity regulations, ending overfishing and illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and cessation of destructive fishing practices at all levels.
- Facilitate new economic mechanisms, value chains, and traceability that benefit artisanal fishermen and ecosystems, in particular through sustainable management and promotion in fisheries markets, sustainability standards (FIPs and MSC).
- Promote productive diversification.
Our Programs
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Community Well-being
We will strengthen communities in the Northern Gulf of California with the tools and practices that best enable them to identify problems and self-manage appropriate solutions for the common good.
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Citizen Action for Species & Ecosystems Conservation & Monitoring
We will consolidate voluntary citizen networks, trained and certified to monitor biodiversity, and to collaborate in restoring landscapes and protect priority species in the North and Upper Gulf of California.
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Sustainable Fisheries & Aquaculture
We will promote and advise the regional and national fisheries sector, so that a third of the annual regional productions of commercial fisheries are produced and marketed following the fisheries improvement project and social responsibility and fair-trade certification models.
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Education, Outreach & Communication
We will promote and implement updated environmental education and School of the Sea curricula, professional and specialized courses, and competency certifications with children, youth, producers, local professionals, and tourists, and share lessons learned to scale the impact.
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Academic Services & NaturArte
We will expand CEDO’s vision and mission through information and capacity building to disseminate regional biocultural knowledge, generate information through citizen science, and provide environmentally and culturally responsible hands-on experiences in nature..
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