Abstract

The management of artisanal fisheries, especially those that are part of natural protected areas, must include the participation of fisheries, academic, and governmental sectors, in order to get a real sustainability. The fishery community of Antón Lizardo, Veracruz, Mexico, has made efforts to get a recognized participation in the core of decision of the governmental sector and in the management of fisheries resources, but no success has been obtained. A multidisciplinary group of the Universidad Veracruzana has been working in this community through the establishing of a training program which has two approaches, the enforcement of management skills, and the promotion of good management of artisanal fisheries in natural protected areas. The main achievements showed that all members of two cooperative societies are aware and committed with the conservancy of natural resources, they understand their function in the ecosystems, and they are worry and recognize the necessity of strengthen the team work. These two societies are developing as references and models for other fishery communities. The inclusion of the academic sector, in the development of fishery communities, enforces the management and conservancy actions of resources in natural protected areas, it also provides tools to social actors in order to get a better organization and involvement in the decision making that affect their own benefit and the sustainability of natural resources, in addition to promoting the economic and social development of the region.

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