New Fisheries Frontiers: A Course in Spatial Fisheries Management and Applications in Latin America

A course funded by the Walton Foundation’s

Latin American Fisheries Fellowship Program

July 20 – July 29, 2012

Estación Costera de Investigaciones Marines (ECIM) – Las Cruces, Chile

COURSE AGENDA

Thursday July 19, 2012: Arrival & Participant Registration

Friday July 20, 2012: Introductions, State of World’s Fisheries & Welcome Reception

Saturday July 21, 2012: Marine Spatial Tools & Management – Land-based Tools

Sunday July 22, 2012: Marine Spatial Tools & Management – Ocean-based Tools

Monday July 23, 2012: Field Trip – Las Cruces & Navidad MPA

Tuesday July 24, 2012: Fisheries Governance

Wednesday July 25, 2012: Local/Regional Fisheries & Spatial Tool Applications

Thursday July 26, 2012: Local/Regional Fisheries & Spatial Tool Applications Cont’d

Friday July 27, 2012: Global Fisheries & Spatial Tool Applications

Saturday July 28, 2012: Chilean Fisheries Law Forum

Sunday July 29, 2012: Wrap-Up & Closing Session

COURSE DETAILED SYLLABUS

Friday July 20, 2012: Introductions & State of World’s Fisheries

Morning

8:30 – 9:00: Welcome/Course Overview (Juan Carlos Castilla, Steve Gaines)

9:00 – 9:45: Introductions – Past & Current Research/Projects (all professors)

Break

9:55 – 11:30: Introductions – Past & Current Research/Projects (all students)

11:30 – 12:15: State of World’s Fisheries – Assessed & Unassessed (Gaines)

12:15 – 1:00: State of Chile’s Fisheries – country-wide perspective (Castilla)

Lunch

Afternoon

2:30-3:30: Assignment – Role of fisheries management tools in present and future (Assigned

group work).

3:30-4:30: Debate representing interests of your group’s assigned stakeholder(s).

4:30-5:30: Discuss and evaluate results.

7:30: Welcome reception & dinner

Notes:

Saturday July 21, 2012: Marine Spatial Tools & Management – Land-based Tools

Morning

8:30 – 9:15: Optional tour of ECIM & tide-pool species identification walk (Navarrete)

9:15 – 10:05: Socio-ecological systems (Gelcich)

10:15 – 11:00: Political economy of fisheries management (Bob Deacon)

Break

11:20 – 12:05: What do we mean by institutions? and some tools to study and assess them

(Xavier Basurto)

12:15 – 1:00: Industry-led reform (Deacon)

Lunch

Afternoon

2:30-4:30: Assignment – Institutional analysis of common pool resources (Policy memo).

4:30-5:30: Presentation & discussion of results.

Notes:

Sunday July 22, 2012: Marine Spatial Tools & Management – Ocean-based Tools

Morning

8:30 – 9:15: Marine Spatial Planning/Spatial Tradeoff Theory (Gaines)

9:15 – 10:05: MPAs – a Mexico case study (Basurto)

10:15 – 11:00: Data-poor stock assessment (Gaines)

Break

11:20 – 12:05: MPA & TURF systems overview (Gaines)

12:15 – 1:00: Bioeconomic Modeling (Gaines)

Lunch

Afternoon

2:30-4:30: Assignment – Marine Spatial Planning Analyses (data analysis).

4:30-5:30: Presentation & discussion of results.

Notes:

Monday July 23, 2012: Field Trip – Las Cruces & Navidad MPA

The Proyecto Reserva Marina de Navidad is a unique effort to create a new marine protected area in

Navidad, a small rural town on the central Chilean coast. The project is unusual because it was initiated

by a grassroots group of local fishermen and town officials, who approached marine scientists at ECIM

with the idea of establishing a marine reserve in the coastal waters adjacent to their town. A collaborative

team was formed to pursue the project, with representatives from the municipality, the local fishermen’s

organizations, and ECIM, including faculty member Miriam Fernández, as part of her Pew Fellowship in

Marine Conservation, and socio-biologist Stefan Gelcich, an ECIM postdoc specializing in artisanal

fishery co-management. This project is a potential model for grassroots development of marine protected

areas in Chile (and potentially worldwide), particularly with respect to the active participation of artisanal

fishermen and local municipalities, in collaboration with conservation scientists.

The project includes the process of defining the marine reserve area, collecting baseline data and applying

for protected status, and developing a management plan. Another important aspect of the project is

outreach to the local community about the significance of the marine reserve, and identification of

economic or other benefits that the reserve could create for the community, such as through educational

or ecotourism opportunities.

Tuesday July 24, 2012: Fisheries Governance

Morning

9:15 – 10:05: Applying commons theory to fisheries and MPAs in developing countries

(Basurto)

10:15 – 11:00: MPAs – California MPA reserve network design (Gaines)

Break

11:20 – 12:05: Fishing cooperatives (Deacon)

12:15 – 1:00: Participation in fisheries management and conservation (Gelcich)

Lunch

Afternoon

2:30-4:30: Assignment – Las Cruces Fisheries forum (policy analysis).

4:30-5:30: Presentation & discussion of results.

Notes:

Wednesday July 25, 2012: Local/Regional Fisheries & Spatial Tool Applications

Morning

8:30 – 9:15: User-based Management in Bangladesh (Deacon)

9:15 – 10:05: Individual Tradable Quota Systems (Salgado)

10:15 – 11:00: TURFs – a Chilean case study (Gelcich)

Break

11:20 – 12:05: ITQs – West Coast Groundfish (Deacon)

12:15 – 1:00: Data-poor stock assessment – Galapagos case study (Gaines)

Lunch

Afternoon

2:30-4:30: Assignment – Analyzing quota systems in the jack mackerel fishery (data analysis)

4:30-5:30: Presentation & discussion of results.

Notes:

Thursday July 26, 2012: Local/Regional Fisheries & Spatial Tool Applications Continued

Morning

8:30 – 9:15: MPAs & TURF systems (Costello)

9:15 – 10:05: Dispersal & Biology/Biodiversity of MPAs – empirical info (Fernandez)

10:15 – 11:00: Bioeconomics of MPAs (Costello)

Break

11:20 – 12:05: Bioeconomic analysis of Anchoveta fishery in Peru/Chile (Salgado)

12:15 – 1:00: Co-management case studies in Latin America: Galapagos, Chile, Uruguay,

Mexico (Defeo)

Lunch

Afternoon

2:30-4:30: Assignment – Designing MPAs in a TURF system (Data/Modeling analysis).

4:30-5:30: Presentation & discussion of results.

Notes:

Friday July 27, 2012: Global Fisheries & Spatial Tool Applications

Morning

8:30 – 9:15: Role of spatial property rights in small-scale Latin American shellfisheries (Defeo)

9:15 – 10:05: Impacts of illegal fishing on ITQ management systems (Salgado)

10:15 – 11:00: Governance and governability of shellfisheries in Latin America and the

Caribbean: multi-scale emerging models and the effects of globalization and climate variability

(Defeo)

Break

11:20 – 12:05: Transboundary Fisheries (Costello)

12:15 – 1:00: Review of shellfisheries co-management initiatives worldwide (Defeo)

Lunch

Afternoon

2:30-4:30: Assignment – Continue work for Las Cruces Fisheries forum (policy analysis).

4:30-5:30: Presentation & discussion of results.

Notes:

Saturday July 28, 2012: Chilean Fisheries Law Forum (Castilla)

Participants will learn about the different

aspects of the new fisheries and

aquaculture law currently under

discussion in the Chilean Congress.

Various academics including Professors

Castilla, Salgado, and Gelcich amongst

others will talk about their experience in

engaging with fishery policy-makers in

Chile. Additionally, a scientific analysis

of the Chilean policy will be presented

and discussed with the audience.

7:00: Closing dinner

Sunday July 29, 2012: Wrap-Up & Closing Session

Morning

9:30 – 10:15: Effects of Catch-Shares (Costello)

10:25 – 11:10: Closing (Castilla & Costello)

11:20 – 1:00: Final Discussion & Presentations

PROFESSORS

Xavier Basurto’s academic and professional training is based on a deep

conviction that it is through integrating different disciplinary perspectives and methods that we will be able to find solutions to challenging dilemmas in natural resources management, conservation, and environmental policy. Trained as a marine biologist, Xavier completed a M.S in natural resources studying small-scale fisheries in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Realizing the need to bring social science theories into my work on common-pool resources sustainability, Xavier earned an MPA and a Ph.D. in Management (with a minor in cultural anthropology) from the University of Arizona and under the supervision of Edella Schlager. Following that he spent two years working with Elinor Ostrom, 2009 co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, at the

Workshop for Political Theory and Policy Analysis of Indiana University. Methodologically, Xavier is trained in a variety of quantitative and qualitative approaches including a novel analytical tool called Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA or more recently fsQCA), that allows among other things, systematic comparisons of middle range N sample sizes and address issues of multiple-causality.

Juan Carlos Castilla received his PhD from the University of Wales in the

United Kingdom. He has been part of the Biological Sciences Faculty of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile since 1965. One of the founders of ECIM, his research has had significant impact on marine conservation and research management in Chile and internationally. He has received numerous awards and national and international recognition for his work, including membership in the Chilean Academy of Sciences and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the Chilean Presidential Chair in Science, and the Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation. In 2010 he received the BBVA award for marine conservation and in 2011 the Ramon Margalef award, probably the most prestigious award in ecological sciences in world. His scientific research at the marine reserve of ECIM and several fisheries associations in central Chile led to the creation of the Areas de Manejo y Explotación de Recursos Bentónicos (TURFs), the largest co-management system in the world. For this work, Juan Carlos received in 2010 the Premio Nacional de Ciencias Aplicadas, the maximum recognition awarded to scientists in Chile.

Chris Costello is Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics at

the Bren School at UC Santa Barbara. He joined UCSB after receiving his PhD from UC Berkeley in 2000. His research is primarily in the area of natural resource management and property rights under uncertainty, with a particular emphasis on information, its value, and its effect on management decisions. He is also interested in the process and design of adaptive management programs in which learning (to resolve uncertainty or asymmetric information) is actively pursued. Topical interests include fisheries

management, biological diversity, introduced species, regulation of polluting industries, and marine policy. Costello frequently collaborates with researchers outside of economics such as statistics, ecology, biogeography, and mathematics. Costello serves as a science adviser to the Ocean Protection Council, the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative, and the Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea, and he is a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Robert Deacon’s broad research fields are natural resource

economics, environmental economics and political economy. During the last several years he has focused on the use of property rights systems to manage fisheries and to protect marine habitats. Other recent work has examined the effects different political systems have on the use of natural resources, environmental quality and the provision of public goods. His primary professional appointment is as Professor of Economics at UCSB and he formerly served as chair of the department. He holds an appointment as University Fellow with Resources for the Future and has served in editorial positions for scholarly journals and as a visiting faculty member or fellow at several institutions in the United States and abroad.

Omar Defeo, D.Sc., is a professor in the Marine Science Unit at the

Universidad de la República in Uruguay. Defeo has worked on assessment and management of artisanal (traditional small-scale) fisheries and conservation of biological diversity (biodiversity) for over 30 years. He is also among a select group of ecologists worldwide working on sandy beach ecosystems and how they are threatened by climate change. His long-term research evaluates the effects of human activities on near-shore invertebrate populations and communities in coastal systems of Uruguay. He specializes in

the development of experimental and co-management practices to improve the ecological knowledge and management of harvested shellfish species. Defeo is currently involved in a research study that addresses the implementation of marine protected areas (MPAs) as tools for fisheries management and conservation of biodiversity in the Uruguayan coast. Defeo received his Doctor in Sciences from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies in Mexico.

Miriam Fernández received her PhD from the University of

Washington in the United States and completed postdocs at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany. A native of Argentina, she joined the Ecology Department of the Biological Sciences Faculty of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 1998. Miriam was named one of the five 2005 Pew Fellows in Marine Conservation. Her lines of research include the description of large-scale patterns of biodiversity and understanding of the underlying processes, especially as they relate to environmental effects on invertebrate reproduction. She has participated actively on the evaluation of TURF as management tools for benthic species and on the creation of marine protected (no-take) areas with strong participation of fishers and other stake-holders (the ‘bottom-up’ approach).

Steve Gaines’ research focuses on marine ecology and conservation, sustainable

fisheries, the design of marine reserves, and the impact of climate change on ocean ecosystems. He has served as director of the UC Santa Barbara Marine Science Institute, and as UCSB Acting Dean of Science and Acting Vice Chancellor for Research. Steve became Dean of the Bren School in January 2010 and currently serves as a science advisor for the Joint Ocean Commission and is a lead investigator for the Sustainable Fisheries Group, which seeks market based solutions to achieve economic revitalization of fisheries. Steve earned a BS in Biology from the University

of California, Irvine and a PhD, in Ecology from Oregon State University.

Stefan Gelcich is a marine biologist by training and his research

focuses on the human dimensions of marine fisheries management and environmental conservation. He obtained a Ph.D. in Natural Resource Management from the University of Wales, UK in 2005 and a Master from University of Cambridge in 2002. He has held postodoctoral and Research Associate positions at P. Universidad Católica since 2006. Currently he is the lead investigator of a program focused on the economic valuation of ecosystem services and its implications for decision making in the central coast of Chile, an effort funded by FONDECYT (Fondo Nacional de Desarollo Cientifico y Technólogico). He is also studying marine governance approaches to implement and effectively manage marine protected areas. Stefan is co-investigator in the Center for Marine Conservation, where his work focuses on links between fisheries management, biodiversity conservation, and environmental attitudes of stakeholders. Stefan is also a regional councilor for Global Green Grants, an environmental NGO which awards small grants to grassroots movements engaging in environmental issues.

Sergio A. Navarrete received his PhD from Oregon State University in

Corvallis in the United States, and completed a postdoc at Oregon State University and the University of California at Santa Barbara before joining the faculty of the Ecology Department in the Biological Sciences Faculty of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 1997. His work centers on the study of ecological, oceanographic, and climate processes as determining factors in shaping the structure and dynamics of marine coastal ecosystems. His research combines oceanographic studies and physical models in order

to understand larval dispersal of costal organisms and the regulation of resulting connectivity and thus evaluate the impact of marine reserve on the population resilience and diversity of species.

Hugo Salgado is a Professor at the Department of Economics in the

Universidad de Concepción in Chile. He received a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 2008. Previously, he obtained a Bachelor in Economics and a Master in Environmental Economics in Chile. His research areas are the economics of fisheries management and the use of economic incentives for environmental regulation mainly from an empirical perspective. Hugo has been collaborating with the SFG since 2010 working with Chris Costello and Steve Gaines in research related to the use of MPAs to manage transboundary fisheries in Latin America. He has taught a class and advised Master and Ph.D. students at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at UCSB.

COURSE DETAILS & LOGISTICS

Directions from Santiago international airport:

By bus: From the airport take a bus (Turbus o Metrobus) to the terminal TURBUS, where you’ll

find the Pullman Bus section. ~2000 pesos Chilenos, or 4 dollars. Take the Pullman Bus to Las

Cruces. When boarding, let the driver know you’re getting off in Las Cruces at the Municipality

(other agencies go to the coast however very few actually stop in Las Cruces so if taking a

different company make sure to ask). ~4000 pesos Chilenos, or 8 dollars. From the Municipality

in Las Cruces, at the avenida Las Salinas you’ll find yellow taxis/colectivos which will take you

to ECIM which is located in the area Punta de El Lacho. ~2000 pesos Chilenos, or 4 dollars.

Alternatively you can walk from the Municipality, although it is about 15-20 minutes and mostly

uphill. To walk, go down avenida Las Salinas, after about 800 meters you’ll see the supermarket

El Malloco on the right. One block later, go left and up Bolivia. At the top you’ll see the school

which is at the intersection of Osvaldo Marin and Bolivia. Turn right on Osvaldo Marin and walk

until the end of the street where you’ll see the black doorway which is the entrance to ECIM

(there is a doorbell).

By car: Take the El Sol highway (Algarrobo exit) and then take the coastal road from the San

Sebastian exit. You should pass the first Las Cruces entrance and at the second entrance near the

Municipality follow the directions to Las Cruces. The second option is to not get off at the San

Sebastian exit and continue on the coastal highway. Take the Las Cruces exit at the Municipality.

~2200 pesos Chilenos ($4) in toll fees, ~2500 ($5) if you go the second route and don’t get off at

San Sebastian even though you’re only driving 10 extra kilometers. Total distance is about 120

kilometers.

La Estación Costera de Investigaciones Marines (ECIM) – Las Cruces, Chile

Osvaldo Marín 1479

Las Cruces, Comuna El Tabo, V Región, Chile

Phone: 56-35-431670 56-35-431720

The Estación Costera de Investigaciones Marinas (ECIM) was founded in 1982, when the

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC) acquired a piece of coastal property in Las

Cruces, central Chile. Scientists, led by Juan Carlos Castilla and Patricio Sánchez, closed off

1km of rocky coastline and the adjacent nearshore waters from all human intervention, thus

creating one of the first no-take coastal and marine reserves in the world. By excluding humans

from the research area, scientists were able to test the impact of humans on coastal ecosystems,

particularly the effects of local artisanal shellfish harvesting. This seminal human exclusion

experiment provided some of the first scientific documentation worldwide for the establishment

of marine protected areas, and directly lead to the development of novel co-management

techniques for sustainable marine resource exploitation in Chile.

For more information: http://www.ecim.cl/

Notes:

Please note that the course agenda is subject to change – final agendas will be provided to

participants upon registration, so please save paper and avoid printing your own copy.

If you have not already, please confirm your attendance by either emailing your flight

details to Isaac; or transfer a deposit for the course to the Pontificia bank account.

Remember that if you are leaving a deposit you MUST sent confirmation of the deposit

to gllanos@bio.puc.cl and snavarrete@bio.puc.cl.

Upon arriving on the 19th

participants should register and check-in directly at the

Quirinal, where they will be sharing cabins: http://quirinal.cl/sitio/index.htm. The course

will begin Friday morning at 8:30 at ECIM. Lodging the night of the 29th

is not included.

The course fee includes housing and meals (except dinner) for participants. There are

numerous nearby restaurants for dinner options. The first and last night (July 20th

& 28th

)

dinner will be provided.

It is currently winter in Chile, so please bring clothing appropriate for weather in the 3 ºC

to 15ºC range, and be prepared for the chance of rain.

For any questions please contact Isaac Pearlman at: fishfellowship@bren.ucsb.edu or

lafishfellowship@gmail.com.