Mexican Vigía Chico Cooperative Spiny Lobster Territorial Use Rights for Fishing Program

Management
Country: 
Mexico
Program Start Date: 
1969
Management Authority: 
Secretaria del medio ambiente, recursos naturales y pesca (SEMARNAP)
Management Oversight: 
Comision Nacional de Pesca (CONAPESCA)
Region: 
Americas
Large Marine Ecosystem: 
Caribbean Sea
Species Information
Common name Fish type Genus Species
Caribbean spiny lobster Crustaceans (e.g., Lobster & Shrimp) Panulirus argus
Fishing Mortality Control: 
Gear
Program Attributes
Approach: 
Area-Based
Program Type: 
Cooperative, Territorial Use Rights for Fishing (TURF)
Species: 
Single-species
Number of species: 
1
Marine or Freshwater: 
Marine
Fishing Rights Holder: 
Individual, Group
Tenure of Shares: 
Unknown
Secure: 
Yes
Transferable: 
No
Monitoring Requirements: 
Unknown
Gear Type: 
Unknown
Participation
Initial Allocation Method: 
Unknown