Abstract

During an environmental education campaign sponsored by UNEP-PAC, the SPAW-CAR, CaMPAM that was held between the month of August to October in Capurganá, the community was involved in educative meetings between the community (artisanal fishermen, boatmen, dive operators, teachers and students in school, managers of restaurants and hotels) and sociologists, ecologists and economists from the Foundation ICRI Colombia. The multidisciplinary methodolo-gies applied included: techniques from the social sciences such as analysis of actors, DOFA, planning objective methodolo-gies and strategic through recreational activities involves the community in the identification of what they consider their environmental problems and possible solutions. Methodologies of ecological sciences such as censuses were also applied by underwater fish counts, and monitoring the health of corals. The economic valuation of the lion fish fisheries was calculated as the first effort to present as a justification before the community of the relevance to catch the invasive species. Also the experts team performed assessments of CPUE in situ and surveys to fishermen as well as the review of fishery statistics of the fishermen's Association of Capurganá, Choco, Caribbean of Colombia.

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